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TIL - Ants eat more meat than lions, tigers and wolves combined

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XgN8 TIL The guy who designed the original Twitter’s logo only made about $3 off iStockPhoto
xVbbB TIL in 1954, Soviet rocket engineer Sergei Korolev could not get funding to pursue a space program, so he planted a fake new-story claiming Russia was going to launch a satellite. The US responded that they were also going to launch one, so the Soviets then agreed to fund the program.
dDjrd TIL Walton Goggins, as a child, once caught a baseball in his mouth, knocking out his two front teeth. A year and a half later, he dove into a pool and hit the bottom, knocking out his two front teeth again.
DQA6Y TIL, during World War II, Americans accepted rationing as a requirement due to the war cause scaricty. However when Sliced Bread was made illegal, Americans were not going to accept it.
Br8Qr TIL in 2000, an Atlanta area sheriff ordered a hit on a rival that defeated him in an election. The hit was carried out by two deputies who were promised promotions.