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TIL that killer bees were created by a Brazilian scientist to create more honey, but they create less and are highly aggressive.

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EXQp TIL millions of sunflowers soak up nuclear radiation in Fukushima after scientists discover sunflowers can ‘clean up’ nuclear waste in soil!
eKM5 TIL Charles Darwin referred to blushing as “the most peculiar and most human of all expressions.”
l7lOa TIL that the Pan Am plane in the Tenerife disaster was also the first Boeing 747 to fly commercially, as well as being the first 747 to be hijacked. It was named 'Clipper Victor.'
x6Om7 TIL Humans emits a faint visible light that is 1000 times weaker than what the human eyes can detect | Science
KOnZa TIL inventor of the Murphy-Bed, William Lawrence Murphy (1856-1957), created his first hide-away bed as means to convert his one-room apartment into a parlour, specifically to host the company of his future wife. It was considered inappropriate at the time to for a woman to enter a man's bedroom.