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TIL a mixture of sugar water does NOT save a dying bee

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XNjk TIL that in August 1967, the U.S. Defense Department published a 200 page report concluding that most American soldiers didn’t fully comprehend the Geneva Conventions. No actions were taken; the My Lai Massacre in Vietnam occurred 7 months later.
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