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TIL honeybees can recognize individual human faces.

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l4mB TIL that, Beginning with “Irishmen & Irishwomen”, the Proclamation of the Irish Republic is the only one of its period to mention women equally.
P1aDw TIL that filmmaker Preston Sturges died of a heart attack in the middle of writing his autobiography. He had planned to title his autobiography "The Events Leading Up to My Death".
Me5wW TIL that a Decibel is not its own unit, but actually 1/10th of a Bel, a unit named in honor of Alexander Graham Bell for his contribution to acoustics.
oRRJA TIL: 6 hours of work per day is the optimum amount for productivity. The countries with the highest average working hours are also the ones with the lowest productivity.
NXAgM TIL more people die from drowning in deserts than from dehydration.