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TIL a queen ant can live up to 30 years old and lay millions of eggs in her lifetime.

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4kOLN TIL the world record for “most children delivered at a single birth to survive” is 9 babies, known as nonuplets.
GADrQ TIL despite what Colonel Sanders says, the Medulla Oblongata has nothing to do with aggression, anger or jealously. Located in the brainstem, it controls vital autonomic functions like breathing, heart rate, vomiting and sneezing. The amygdala is responsible for anger
wL8Q7 TIL in the UK for at least 300 years there was a dog bred to aid in the kitchen by walking inside of a wheel, called the Turnspit Dog. Automation caused this breed to go extinct.
mxnKp TIL between 33K and 55K Canadians fought in the American Civil War. 29 were awarded Medals of Honor, one was a noted Union Spy, and one was a Union Army officer who formed and led the detachment that captured and killed John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Lincoln.
OBQ6 TIL There is a park that turns into a lake.