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TIL: In the US they call Heath Robinson contraptions "Rube Goldberg machines"

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VM4yk TIL O Canada was originally written in 1880, but it didn't become Canada's official anthem until a century later. In the wake of Quebec's first independence referendum, in which 40% voted to leave Canada, the federal government dumped God Save the Queen and replaced it with O Canada
mxQmR TIL A bee lives less than 40 days, visits at least 1000 flowers and produces less than a teaspoon of honey. For us, it's just a teaspoon of honey - but for a bee it's a lifetime!
KdAJ TIL items confiscated by the TSA (including weapons) end up getting sold back to the general public in state-run auctions.
e0YKJ TIL in 1996 Pfizer killed 11 children during illegal human experiments in Nigeria while testing it's new antibiotic trovafloxacin (Trovan).
n0po TIL Nathaniel Bedford Forrest, a one-time Grand Wizard of the KKK, later recanted his former racism, spoke openly of interracial harmony, and was denounced by Confederate veterans for it.