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TIL There is an electrostatic attraction between pollen and bees; pollen is negatively charged and bees carry a positive charge.

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wLkJ8 TIL Japan's criminal justice system has a conviction rate of over 99%. To Japanese citizens and police, the arrest itself already creates the presumption of guilt which needs only to be verified via a confession.
OGBW7 TIL of Sir Anthony Meyer, a UK politician and WW2 veteran. He challenged Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher for the position of leader. Dismissed as a nobody by the media at the time, Meyer’s challenge would ultimately lead to Thatcher being ousted after a decade in power.
m18Rp TIL that smokers with hepatitis may lose their taste for smoking
e87L TIL that the Pyongyang’s Global Happiness Ranking ranked North Korea the second happiest country on earth, behind only China (Cuba, Iran, and Venezuela rounded out the top 5). The United States was last.
WylA TIL that one of the most popular books of the 15th century was an erotic romance novel - and it was written by the Pope.