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TIL: That you can train honeybees to detect explosives

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5YNBp TIL the waterbed was invented by Scottish physician Neil Arnott in 1833 to “prevent bedsores in invalids”
vBr4 TIL of Cunninghams Law “the best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question, it’s to post the wrong answer.”
LnY0 TIL before the 1800s, people had “first” and “second sleep”. They would sleep 3-4 hours, wake up for 2-3 hours to do some type of activity, then go back to sleep until morning.
oRxLo TIL That This picture, competing for the Nikon 2020 Photomicrography Prize, shows a 20 million year old winged ant trapped in amber resin captured by Dr. Yuan Ji
6EnAZ TIL about scotch barrel sizes including tuns and butts. For those interested, a shit tun is 2 butt loads.