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TIL that duels are legal in Washington and Texas

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kOx5B TIL that 10% of the Seychelles' working population are addicted to heroin
VM5E8 TIL of Hypatia. She was a world-renowned female mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher of the 4th-century who was literally torn apart by oyster shells and set on fire by a mob of Christain zealots.
YNer TIL that pets are not necessarily as happy as many pet owners would hope, that you may be doing your pet a favor by making them work for food, and that it is important to play with pets to avoid boredom
OKJ7 TIL When a giant Asian hornet enters a Japanese honeybee’s hive, hundreds of bees emerge to form a violently-vibrating ball around it; the frenzy increases CO2 levels & the temperature to 115°F, which together are lethal to the hornet but not to the bees which can withstand up to 122°F.
yVNw8 TIL that Louis B. Mayer created the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in part so that moviemakers would "kill themselves to produce what I wanted" in order to get awards, as well as to try and quash unionization efforts.