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TIL 30 Billion honey bees from around the US are shipped to California once a year to pollinate almond trees. They are then shipped to other parts of the country through the year for the same purpose.

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DlJg TIL: In WW2 there was a badass all-female squadron of bomber pilots whom the Germans nicknamed “The Night Witches”
5raQ TIL an aboriginal artist only discovered that one of his designs had been used on the Australian $1 note when someone brought a wad of cash to his village in 1966. He was compensated with a medallion, a fishing tackle box and $1,000.
4k985 TIL An award worth between 15 and 30 percent of the total proceeds that IRS collects will be paid, if the IRS moves ahead based on the information provided. Under the law, these awards will be paid when the amount identified by the whistleblower is more than $2 million.
JYXb4 TIL Vasily Arkhipov was the sole officer aboard a submarine who refused to authorize a nuclear strike, presumably saving the world from nuclear destruction during the cold war.
8avXP TIL that the first emperor of China's tomb (Of Terracota Army Fame) has not yet been explored. Ancient historians wrote that tombs contains rivers of mercury mechanically operated to flow like real rivers; modern tests have reported mercury levels in the soil over 100 times what occurs naturally