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TIL that some ants keep domesticated livestock like humans

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d8Ojd TIL frozen pipes burst not because ice expands through the wall of the pipe, but because the expanding ice compresses water downpipe, building pressure until it bursts
v17M8 TIL in Belgium and France, Farmers still recover tens of thousands of unexploded shells and ordinance From WW1 that get pushed up by normal ground shifting (frost thrust, etc) and plowed up in farming fields. They call it "The Iron Harvest". They expect this to continue for hundreds of years.
wLNrJ TIL Lionel Tate is the youngest American ever sentenced to life without the possibility of parole at 13. It was overturned and he was given 1 yr house arrest and 10 yrs probation. At 18 he committed an armed robbery, he's now serving 30 yrs for violating parole and 10 yrs for armed robbery.
xVbdD TIL that for the 1981 movie Escape from New York, the futuristic “computer graphics” shots of three-dimensional wireframe animations was made using handmade miniature models. Real computer graphics would have been far more expensive.
69P4Y TIL There's An Interactive Map Showing Every Tornado Touchdown In the United States From 1950-2021 And It's Searchable By Address, Rating F0-F5, Fatalities, Etc. 🌪️🌪️🌪️