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TIL bee venom could cure HIV.

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BrPMW TIL during the Edo period in Japan, some firefighters set fires intentionally so they could show off their firefighting skills in public or create more business for themselves since some firefighters had construction businesses. Some firefighters were executed for this.
YpQp7 TIL that at the 2008 Beijing games the Danish mixed 49er's mast broke 20 mins before the final race so they had to borrow the Croatians 49er that the Danes then used to win gold with. Afterward, the Croatians received a "Pierre de Coubertin medal" for lending there boat to the Danes.
ANVZ7 TIL Billie Eilish was actually an extra in the movies based on Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Ramona and Beezus.
JYLPQ TIL although Benjamin Franklin never tried to get the turkey as the national bird, he did think eagles were bad moral creatures and that turkeys were much more respectable.
Y7Eyr TIL that paprika is ground red pepper