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Lk7OP TIL There is a tribe in Vanuatu that worships Prince Phillip as a divine being. They believe that he is the son of an ancient mountain spirit that travelled over seas to marry a powerful woman and will in time return to them.
gEdX TIL it takes at least eight bees all their life to make one single teaspoonful of honey
VMPj0 TIL on several late 60's recordings, prominent jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman used his 10-year-old son to play drums, though he could have employed high-profile adult jazz drummers. He prized the child's joyful child musical curiosity over a more technically skilled adult
b9RPj TIL that the origin of the idiom "Red Herring" was itself a red herring. It was originally stated that red herring were used to help hounds sniff out prey. It's misleading because red herring were actually used to train horses and were only used if there were no dead cats available instead.
JBjQ TIL Rowan Atkinson (Mr.Bean) has a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering