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TIL in a survey of leading economists, only 8 percent agreed with a proposal to prohibit "unconscionably excessive" price gouging during natural disasters in Connecticut. 51 percent disagreed with the proposal, 15 percent were uncertain and 8 percent had no opinion

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MeDOK TIL It will take only 30 japanese hornets to destroy whole bee hive containing 30 000 bees. Unlike the European bees, Japanese bees have a defense against the hornets. When a hornet scout approaches a hive the bees hide, let him enter and then emerge in a cloud formation to cook him alive.
JYRNl TIL "five golden rings" may have originally referred to pheasants, rather than jewelry, so the sequence of birds is uninterrupted.
J0rv TIL there is a breed of pig in Hungary that is fleecy like a sheep, with reddish meat like a cow, created by breeding together a wild boar and a pig bred especially for lard. It is also, apparently, delicious.
R7lg6 TIL Roman Emperor Commodus once round up citizens of Rome that were missing their feet through illness or accident and tethered them together for Commodus to club to death while pretending they were giants.
5VYZR TIL about John List, who murdered his whole family in 1971 and eluded capture for 18 years, until his story was broadcast on America’s Most Wanted in 1989.