April 04, 2016 at 02:07AM

Tody I Learned: 1) Ant boquets (the blend of pheromonal hydrocarbons unique to an ant colony) are, at least in some cases, dependent on the food source of the ants. For instance, ants that live in twiggish soil have different hydrocarbon ratios depending on the species of tree whose twigs they live in. 2) Today I watched my first (partial) game of Warhammer 40k, and learned some of the rules (there are a lot). It's a game that requires way, WAY more time and money and effort than I want to put into anything new right now, but boy it's cool to watch a couple of experienced players with big armies duke it out. 3) Sweden has one of the highest tax rates in the world (swapping regularly with Denmark for first and second place) clocking in between 45% and 50% of GFP collected as taxes! Sweden also has a nice tax return system where you receive a tax form filled out by the government, which you can modify if anything's incorrect or you want to add anything. This makes a lot of sense to me -- the IRS in the US already has most of the information required to tell you how much you owe in taxes. Making you figure it out yourself just adds a step where you can get it wrong (or lie).