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TIL: Ants self-medicate on food rich in hydrogen peroxide to help fight off a fungal infection.

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b698p TIL: A Cat Led A Rescue Team To An 83-Year-Old Woman Who Had Fallen Down A Ravine
Y7jVB TIL in 2023 an amateur blogger biologist spotted several inconsistencies in the data published by the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's scientists in their research papers, which led to a massive retraction campaign by the institute
M8xW TIL Finland and Sweden are the only countries in the world that have earned a medal at every Olympic game since 1908.
ANJ67 TIL the 1927 Liberian general election saw Charles D.B. King win with 229,527 votes. The country had less than 15,000 registered voters at the time.
mxgwy TIL that the wandering albatross can travel 10,000 miles (16,090 km) without flapping its wings even once.