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TIL a French beekeeper trained bees to produce honey out of resin from marijuana plants

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XEbW6 TIL John Denver's death was caused by his inability to switch fuel tanks during flight. The selector valve handle should have been located between the pilot's legs, but the builder put it behind the pilot's left shoulder. The fuel gauge was behind the pilot, not visible by him.
WAjX TIL that Queen, notorious for wild parties, hosted a release party for ‘Jazz’ that included a man biting heads off live chickens, naked models wrestling in a liver pit, and little-people walking about with trays of cocaine strapped to their heads.
owrR TIL: Einstein didn’t say that quote about insanity and repetition (or a bunch of other popular misattributions)
GYL4E TIL that when Neil Armstrong went to the moon he took along a copy of Dvorak's "New World Symphony."
grV9A TIL that, despite dying at 46, William Pitt the Younger is the second-longest serving British PM at 18 years and 343 days. The only person to serve longer was Robert Walpole.