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TIL that there are 250 species of ants who are growing fungi. Some practice lower agriculture, harvesting implemented wild fungi, while others like the Leave Cutter Ants practice high agriculture, growing their own, fully domesticated fungi which are completely dependent on their ant farmers.

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N7nbb TIL the story of Zeus, a 9 year old pitbull-mix from Montana who was stolen by a family "friend" and found 2k miles away in West Virginia after the thief was arrested. Zeus had a microchip with contact info but was too big to fly so 15 strangers volunteered to drive him home across 9 states .
M7xZW TIL Double jeopardy is legal in England and Wales. The Criminal Justice Act 2003, allows an acquitted person's protection against double jeopardy to be withdrawn for certain serious offenses when there is new and compelling evidence and permits a retrial.
LkG50 TIL about the rather amusing story of the introduction of the ukulele to Hawaii in 1879.
JYXYm TIL that when holocaust survivors were given candy/food by the allied troops upon liberation, many died on the spot (or soon after) due to re-feeding syndrome
EgYL0 TIL that in 2015, a Columbian man's lung tumors were found to be the result of a tapeworm that had burrowed inside him developing cancer and spreading it to the man.