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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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GB9j TIL that Rihanna was sued for her use of the sample “Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa” in her song “Please Don’t Stop the Music” because she only got permission for using it via Michael Jackson from his use of the sample in “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin” and not from the original artist Manu Dibango.
enA5 TIL Even the French Government is terrified of the French Foreign Legion and stations the regiment far away from Government HQs.
WklYo TIL: The original, unratified, 13th amendment to the US Constitution would have stripped US citizenship from any citizen who accepted a title of nobility from an "emperor, king, prince or foreign power."
b9eEN TIL: There is a species of jellyfish whose sting inflicts the victim with an impending sense of doom. The sensatation of constant imminent dread is reportedly so severe, patients beg their doctors to kill them to end it.
PYJnZ TIL George Washington borrowed The Law of Nations from the New York Society Library and didn't return it. Mount Vernon estate returned the book in 2010 (221 years overdue) after the Head librarian joked they were "not actively pursuing the overdue fines," they would appreciate having it back.