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TIL General Mills cereal company removed the bee from boxes of Honey Nut Cheerios to raise awareness of declining bee populations

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B0PL TIL More money is put into incarceration than education
4XZAN TIL that we have effectively cured an extremely common form of cancer: chronic myelogenous leukemia
WkOOX TIL Brugmansia, a common ornamental flower, is a potent hallucinogen, and was once used in South American cultures "as a treatment for unruly children, so that they [would] be admonished directly by their ancestors in the spirit world".
KllB TIL the actor who played Alfalfa on Little Rascals was shot in the stomach after he broke into someone’s house.
W9WB TIL an artificial Christmas tree would have to be reused for more than 20 years to be “greener” than buying a fresh-cut tree annually