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TIL scientists discovered a new kind of orchard bee and named it Euglossa Bazinga, after The Big Bang Theory

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6EJwY TIL that the first non-stop UK to Canada flights were RAF Canberras carrying BBC recordings of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, so that Canadians were able to watch it the same day it happened.
aEvA TIL the first drinking straw was designed to have a diameter slightly smaller than the typical lemon pip, as the inventor was tired of getting lemon seeds in his mouth when drinking lemonade.
NNKN TIL Fred Phelps, founder of the Westboro Baptist (“God Hates Fags”) Church, was excommunicated from the church he founded shortly before his death, because he apparently had a change of heart about gay people, calling the gay activists living across the street from the church “good people”
884L TIL a large group of flamingos is called a flamboyance
9wv17 TIL: During the filming of 'Dexter,' actor Jimmy Smits accidentally grabbed a real knife and stabbed a stuntman in the chest; the stuntman survived unharmed due to the blade hitting a post-it note sized piece of plastic covering his heart.