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TIL that ants are much more closely related to bees than wasps are

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N7wZM TIL of John Corcoran, a teacher who taught for 17 years while being illiterate. He struggled in the 6th grade and never learned to read or write, and cheated his way through college. At the age of 47, he finally learned when he was inspired by Barbara Bush advocating for adult literacy.
0wB1p TIL Katharine Hepburn is the only person to win an Oscar for portraying a relative. She was a direct descendant of Eleanor of Aquitaine, who she portrayed in The Lion in Winter and won best actress. Eleanor had been dead for more than 750 years when Hepburn played her.
YN7 TIL video games have not been proven addictive, and that fantasy violence in games has 0 effect on real world violence
wopXY TIL about the discovery of IR and UV light: in 1800, William Herschel discovered that in prismed sunlight the invisible area just beyond red light heats up; In 1801, Johann Wilhelm Ritter searched for "cooling rays" on the other end of the spectrum but instead found it induces a chemical reaction
5YG4p TIL PornHub Plowed New Jersey and Boston streets for free during winter storm Stella.