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TIL That ants wage war in remarkably similar way to humans.

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4Xw7w TIL that Celestial Seasonings, known for their SleepyTime Tea, were ran by a cult who believed that Adam and Eve were aliens meant to eradicate the inferior races.
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m1r8y TIL that there is a 295-foot-long tapestry retelling the events of Game of Thrones
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