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TIL the total biomass of all the ants in the world is approximately equal to the total biomass of the entire human race.

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M7XGm TIL the verb “to duck” existed before the name of the animal. Originally called an “ened” in Old English, the waterfowl was later referred to as a “duck” (or a “ducker”) because of how it would duck underwater for food.
GD4J TIL that Al Gore’s documentary, ‘An Inconvenient Truth’, was held by the British High Court to have nine errors in it, and cannot be shown in schools unless teachers point out the potentially problematic sections.
yJdX TIL that a 15 year old boy named Temar Boggs chased a car on his bike for 15 minutes to save a 5 year old girl who was kidnapped from her front yard.
6EY5W TIL cancer can be passed down through genes like colon cancer
x6vjg TIL how a mechanical watch works!