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TIL Norway started building a “highway for bees” in 2015. The bee-friendly corridor in Oslo passes through places where bees like to both live and feed, and features feeding stations.

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P15Dg TIL that the longest recorded case of hiccups lasted for 68 years! Charles Osborne from Iowa started hiccuping in 1922 and continued until 1990, hiccuping an estimated 430 million times during that period. His hiccups finally stopped one year before his death in 1991.
5Ygm9 TIL that bails of hay can spontaneously combust if they contain too much moisture.
9R0Q TIL Patrick Stewart was the original narrator of The Nightmare Before Christmas but was replaced before release. You can still hear his version on the soundtrack.
0kAj TIL Samuel L Jackson has a clause in all his movie contracts stating that he gets 2 days off a week to play golf and the producers have to pay for it
dDrl8 TIL in the US there are 24 Tri-state, 28 Twin-city, 25 Tri-city and 5 Quad-city areas.