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TIL that bees use mushrooms as a natural mite or pesticide killer, from the mycelium found in sawdust piles.

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b9PyZ TIL that the three men who developed penicillin as the first antibiotic were first given knighthoods (Sir) and then won a Nobel Prize and THEN one was even made a baron - a rare honour that even outranks "Sir".
K4jE TIL that in 2015, 1000 musicians played ‘learn to fly’ by foo fighters together in the town of Cesena, Italy in an effort to get the band to come to their town and play. The band responded and came to the town to play a 27-song-set, starting off with 'learn to fly’
E1X97 TIL That “old people house smell” is caused by our bodies releasing more of the chemical 2-nonenal as we age
NXGp1 TIL that evolution does not replace or invent something new entirely. It works by modifying existing capabilities (makes them superior)
gDRL TIL Trey Parker and Matt Stone originally wanted to remake the movie Armageddon entirely with puppets. After legal issues with the studios they made Team America instead.