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TIL that honey bees are not endangered

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8a4LZ TIL The father of modern medicine (hyprocartes) prescribed fasting as a cure for many illness even 3000 years ago, even back then they understood the power of the body to heal itself whereas now if it can't be solved with a prescription pill then it can't be diagnosed
vPdvj TIL in the 1880s, the director of Harvard Observatory was dissatisfied with his team and remarked, "My Scottish maid could do better!" He hired Williamina Fleming, his Scottish maid. For decades, Fleming led a team that made significant discoveries, including white dwarfs and the Horsehead Nebula.
46MN TIL that President Lyndon B. Johnson proposed to Lady Bird Taylor on their first date. They were married 3 months later.
9Y9aX TIL Japanese Gen. Kuribayashi knew he was facing unsurmountable odds during the invasion of Iwo Jima. He forbade standard Japanese banzai charges, leading an American general to say he was "one smart bastard." At the end, he inflicted 26k American casualties while fighting with "emaciated men."
9YgZ6 TIL Charles "the Bald", king of West Francia and Italy, was actually very hairy. Many historians think it was an ironic nickname.