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TIL Some people can smell ants and ant colonies and say they have a unique smell

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ANpEa TIL During Pol Pot’s rule from 1975 to 1979, it is estimated that 1.5 to 2 million people, nearly a quarter of Cambodia’s population, perished due to forced labor, starvation, diseases, torture, or execution.
6Ewm8 TIL about a geopolitical oddity that is Point Roberts, Washington. As a small piece of American soil in Canada it's been called "The best gated community in America". To enter by land you need to cross an international border checkpoint.
QJRak TIL that the now extinct Rocky Mountain locust last swarmed and destroyed crops in the US A in the 1870s
QJn6p TIL During the first SARS epidemic in 2002-2004, to help revive the economy Toronto hosted a concert called SARSstock which was attended by 500,000 people and headlined by The Rolling Stones , AC/DC, Justin Timberlake, Rush and others. It is the largest outdoor ticketed event in Canadian history
QJM7k TIL Olympic Gold Medals are Actually made of Silver. 1912 was the last Olympics to hand out solid gold medals. Today's gold medals are 92.5% silver.