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TIL when a bee dies near the hive, “undertaker bees” will carry its desiccated body at least 150 ft. away

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VEbp TIL John Candy was going to voice a turkey in Pocahontas, but died before it’s release. His character was removed from the film
0xQL TIL I learned of the quote on Bobby Kennedy’s gravesite: “What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness; but is love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another”
QyYL TIL during the first stages of the Spanish-American War, USS Charleston fired 13 shots at the island of Guam as a response they sent a small ship carrying a Spanish officer who asked the USS Charleston for gun powder as they were out of it.
woPk6 TIL Increasing the Car Seat Age Requirement Cut Child Births by 145k+ Since 1980
rRNx4 TIL that whilst Filming the Wizard of Oz, Judy Garland was shunned by the Scarecrow, Tinman and Cowardly Lion due to jealousy. Her only friend on the set was Margaret Hamilton who played the Wicked Witch of the West