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TIL That ants wage war in remarkably similar way to humans.
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TIL that Vietnamese Communist independence leader Ho Chi Minh allegedly said that he would prefer to eat French shit for five years than to eat Chinese shit for 1,000 years.
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TIL Winston Churchill was seriously injured in NYC in 1931 when he was struck by a car while attempting to cross the street. Accustomed to British traffic, he looked the wrong way and, seeing no cars, stepped into traffic. He went out of his way to ensure the driver of the car did not get blamed.
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TIL of Pareidolia, the tendency of people to see faces, animals or objects in random data, such as clouds. The Rorschach test attempts to use this phenomenon to gain insight into a person's mental state.
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TIL of the Mann Gulch Fire in 1949 that claimed the lives of 13 young firefighters. Crew Chief Wag Dodge survived by setting the first known “escape fire” but was unable to convince his men that it was their only hope of survival.
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TIL to “brace for impact” you should place your head on, or as close as possible to, the surface it is most likely to strike… not between your knees