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TIL that it's legal for 5 to 17 years old to consume alcohol at home in the UK.
VBg5Q
TIL you purchase bees by the pound. You can buy about 3 lbs of bees for $175
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TIL despite several ludicrous rumors saying he had died from a heroin overdose, been hit by a car, and even been replaced with a doppelgänger, Steve from Blue’s Clues left the show simply because he was going bald.
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TIL Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin through his hobby of microbial art. Leaving a Petri dish painting of bacteria unattended for two weeks it was being killed by Penicillium fungus. Thus the antibiotic properties were studied leading to Penicillin.
OGyx7
TIL about a plant that can 'walk' up to 20 meters per year: The Socratea exorrhiza, or the "walking palm," can slowly move itself to better locations.