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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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kOy8d TIL of 'library hand' a fastidiously neat way of writing developed to make the hand written information in library card catalogues more legible.
Z8KOa TIL that in the needles of the Pinus flexilis live bacteria that are capable of fixing nitrogen from the air.
yVkJ8 TIL there has been one member of the US Congress that was born into royalty. Prince Jonah Kuhio was Hawaiian nobility before the territory was annexed and he served in the House of Reps from 1903-1922. Happy Prince Kuhio Day / 152nd Bday!
KYNK4 TIL the Pomodoro Technique was developed using a tomato-shaped kitchen timer. 🍅
R5wP4 TIL about the poem The Chaos by Gerard Nolst Trenite, that shows the irregularities of the English language pronunciation.