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TIL During a total eclipse, bees will temporarily stop buzzing during the darkness

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W0P4 TIL that the movie Scarface has won NO awards and has even been nominated for a Razzie.
wL1pW TIL Catherine Stevens, wife of then Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) was held at an airport as "Stevens, Cat" was on the no-fly list. Her husband was chair of airline regulation but she was held before boarding due to her name resembling the former stage name of the singer Cat Stevens.
eYYL TIL humans can enter sleep cycles of 24-48 hours in the absence of sunlight
8ajPV TIL that Robert Ballard's discovery of the Titanic in 1985 was actually a by product. The expedition which found the wreck was funded by the US government to study the effects of radiation from two US Navy submarines which had sunk in the 1960s. The Titanic search was a cover.
jrJn TIL In the American Civil War, soldiers were required to have at least two opposing front teeth so they could open a gunpowder pouch. Some draftees had their front teeth removed to avoid service.