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There is a species of ant that is native to New York City and doesn't live anywhere else. This ant is called the ManhattAnt. Biologists found them only within a specific 14-block stretch of the city. 

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The More You Know

  • The glow around the moon is called a "broch."
  • The Nobel Committee declined to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948 because "there was no suitable living candidate." This was meant as tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated earlier that year without receiving the Prize.
  • Pittsburgh is the only city where all three major sports teams share the same colors.
  • The television was invented only two years after the invention of sliced bread.
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