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TIL honeybees can recognize individual human faces.

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8eYEV TIL during the 2010 eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull (which resulted in the several day closure of European airspace) one of the only European airports to remain open was Iceland's Keflavík International Airport.
6lvl TIL that 23% of the crew aboard Christopher Columbus’ ship “Santa Maria” was named “Juan”.
R5ma9 TIL that of all things, firefighters, wood, and snails give you cancer.
RL98 TIL the blobfish – a fish repeatedly described as the world’s ugliest animal – actually becomes a pretty good-looking fish when submerged to 4,000 feet.
JBjQ TIL Rowan Atkinson (Mr.Bean) has a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering