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TIL the word “idiot” came from Ancient Athens and originally meant people who don’t care about or participate in public affairs or politics.

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wLVOY TIL the US has a 200 year-old pending Amendment which would strip citizenship from any citizen who accepts a title of nobility from a foreign country.
bWgQ TIL Two days after an ant dies, it gives off an odor that lets the other ants know it is dead. The ants then pick it up and carry it to a graveyard.
V9pk TIL water towers aren’t just for water reserves, but actually creates the pressure we use.
b9vm7 TIL that a wild western gorilla in the remote Congolese forest was observed using a stick to test water depth before crossing a pool of water and then used the same stick as a walking stick whilst crossing the pool. Another gorilla was observed using a tree trunk as a bridge to cross a deep swamp.
v174K TIL about Mauro Prosperi who was lost in the Sahara. To avoid agonizing death from starvation and to save his wife from legal red tape, he slashed his wrists with a knife. However, due to his severe dehydration, his blood had clotted around the cuts. He reached a nomad tribe a few days later.