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TIL: Ant corpses release a chemical when they die, and other ants will dispose of the corpse. A scientist once recreated this chemical and put it on a live ant. Its ant friends kept bringing it to the graveyard no matter how much it struggled, cleaned itself, or tried to go back to work.

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W7EMA TIL that the “Mozart Effect" (the claim that "listening to Mozart makes you smarter" or that early childhood exposure to classical music has a beneficial effect on mental development) stems from a single published in the Nature journal in 1993. The results were highly exaggerated by the press.
5VOMp TIL that former pro skater, Jackass and CKY star Brandon Novak has become a Certified Intervention Professional and professional speaker following a 20 year cycle of substance abuse, and has written two books about his heroin addiction
vpEB TIL Texas has its own military force - the Texas State Guard that unlike the Texas National Guard isn’t subordinate to the federal government.
ZEd4 TIL our digestive system is better tuned to digest meat, rather than vegetables
y0yw TIL it’s estimated that Bing Crosby recordings filled more than half of the radio time allocated to recorded music in 1948.