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TIL Killer bees or Africanized bees were created by humans cross breeding bees in the search for more efficient honey production

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nWnv7 TIL Prince Charles’ car Aston Martin DB6 runs on wine and cheese. Prince Charles has owned his Aston Martin DB6 Volante since 1970 and has once more reiterated that it runs not on regular unleaded, but instead on bioethanol produced from supply waste.
nWVPb TIL in 1893 that the US Supreme Court unanimously decided a tomato is "legally" a vegetable.
0r9L TIL a Nigerian ‘scientist’ 'proved’ that being gay was wrong by using magnets, after which he promptly demanded to be given the nobel prize for his research.
v10yD TIL there is a secret entrance to the White House through an alley on H Street
Q9kk TIL there is a version of the Bible translated into Hawaiian Pidgin called ‘Da Jesus Book’