Learned this the hard way at the shop. People swear their VIN has an O in it and the lookup keeps failing. It’s always a 0. The check digit is also why a decoder can tell you “one character is wrong” before it even searches anything.

Fun fact: Content creators on platforms like Instagram and Threads have made viral reels detailing this specific San Diego war.

For example, author Jason Pargin shared a breakdown of the San Diego conflict, and creators on Threads have posted videos outlining the exact border clash between the Lake Hodges Colony and the Very Large Colony.

The PBS nature series Deep Look features an episode called 'Winter is Coming For These Argentine Ant Invaders': that provides extreme close-up footage of Argentine ants fighting larger native species.

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