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TIL honeybees can recognize individual human faces.

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RED6 TIL that the Guinness World Records stopped awarding records to the fattest animal to avoid forced over eating
xV067 TIL Hops come from the same genetic family as Marijuana - Cannabaceae
8eMLb TIL about an expensive brothel in Paris called One-Two-Two with a pirate themed room that was fitted with a bed which mechanically swing like a boat with jets of water drenching the occupants mimicking sex in a leaky boat.
Z8PKG TIL that an organism capable of producing oxygen without light was discovered in 2010. Unlike plants, algae and some photosynthetic microbes who all require light, Methylomirabilis oxyfera releases oxygen even in complete darkness.
j6RKQ TIL that the one-way speed of light is still undefined. All measurements of light speed are done using two-way (mirror) setups.