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TIL of Slaver ants - an entire category of ants who never work, and instead capture and enslave other ants as workers

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OEwL TIL 17 Mexican-Americans were tried for a murder and convicted without evidence or due process. L. A. sheriff testified, “Mexicans as a community had a "blood thirst” and a “biological predisposition” to crime and killing, citing the culture of human sacrifice practiced by their Aztec ancestors.“
neQA9 TIL Mealworms are able to consume various forms of plastic, and can eat Styrofoam containing a common toxic chemical additive with no ill effects, and still be safely used as protein-rich feedstock for other animals.
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