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TIL about Wangari Mathaai, the first African Woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. She founded the Green Belt movement that helped plant 30 million trees and empowered women to get involved in social change.

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OOa7 TIL a new ant species was discovered in 2012 in Manhattan and is called the ManhattAnt.
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