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TIL in the 1970s hysteria over the arrival of killer bees in the United States created a genre of "killer bee movies". One of the most well-known movies was the 1978 film "The Swarm", directed by Irwin Allen and starring Michael Caine. It scored 9% at Rotten Tomatoes.

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4Eo6 TIL The Mythbusters, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, don’t like each other
E11Aw TIL that a viking-age human turd is being displayed at a museum in England
GAeWg TIL about the Great British Dog and Cat Massacre of 1939. In which Londoners, to prepare for war with Nazi Germany, voluntarily killed over 400,000 of their home pets in a one month period so as to ease the strain on resources.
7w6x TIL that a wife cut off her husband’s penis, tied it to a bunch of balloons and floated it away.
x64l0 TIL In 1962, a "laughter epidemic" broke out in Tanzania and spreading to over 1,000 people. This bizarre phenomenon even led to the temporary closure of 14 schools.