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TIL that ants have 2 stomachs - they use one to feed themselves, while the other stomach can be used to nurture others. This process of feeding among ants through their second stomach is called trophallaxis.

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gr9mL TIL about Antônio Carlos Jobim, a Brazilian composer, songwriter, and singer sometimes known as the "father of bossa nova". His 1965 album won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year with the single "Garota de Ipanema (The Girl from Ipanema)", which became one of the most recorded songs of all time.
5YagD TIL about a meteor storm in 1833 that filled the sky with more than 72,000 meteors per hour
5V1OR TIL that the majority(64%) of passengers and crew onboard the Hindenburg survived the inferno. It fell gently and many were able to jump out and run away. (Also, The deadliest airship disaster was a actually a helium airship - the uss akron)
9Yv5X TIL the UK invaded Iceland in 1940. Locals amassed at the harbour after sighting British ships. Uncomfortable, the British consul in Iceland asked the nearby policeman "Would you mind getting the crowd to stand back a bit, so that the soldiers can get off the destroyer?". "Certainly," came the reply
R5NXQ TIL Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined.