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TIL Beyoncé got her name from her mother's maiden name.

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dD8kj TIL that women were encouraged to hand men who hadn’t enlisted to fight in WW1 white feathers, as a symbol of cowardice.
V9ZG TIL that users had to pay $20 to beta-test Windows 95. The beta copies were timed and not upgradeable, and the beta testers were not eligible for any discount on the final version.
nZDd TIL that apple orchards rent thousands of bees in hives from bee keepers to pollinate their trees in the spring. After a couple weeks when the trees have been pollinated the bee keeper comes back for his hives and transports them to the next orchard in need.
OleL TIL environmental activist group Greenpeace once accidentally released a fact sheet which said “In the twenty years since the Chernobyl tragedy, the world’s worst nuclear accident, there have been nearly [FILL IN ALARMIST AND ARMAGEDDONIST FACTOID HERE]”.
5kLP TIL that despite early claims that fidget spinners could be used to help children with ADHD, there never was any scientific research to back this claim.