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TIL Charlie Sheen reached a settlement with Warner Bros. and was paid for NOT doing Two and a Half Men.

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QN9ga TIL a gamergate is a mated worker ant that can reproduce sexually by laying fertilized eggs that will develop as females. There are 100–200 different species in which gamergates reproduce (roughly 1% of all ants) and in some species the queen caste has been completely replaced by gamergates
V0 TIL Dr. Seuss cheated on his wife while she was sick with cancer for 13 years. She committed suicide because of his infidelity, and he later married his mistress.
4XGnR TIL the lifespan of the first generation of postal pilots was around 900 flight hours. The job was so dangerous that 35 of the first 40 pilots hired died in crashes, leading to the nickname 'The Suicide Club'.
mk7v TIL that an elephant’s ability to smell water is so refined, they can sometimes detect water sources from as much as 12 miles away
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