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Til a parasitic mite, Varroa destructor, is killing bees and untreated hives are typically dead within 2-3 years

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WkZdA TIL the city of McFarland, California once changed their city logo to a runner running a field after the cross country team of McFarland HS became famous for its success in winning state titles. The team became so successful that a whole entire movie was made about it.
WkEed TIL of the B612 Foundation, a nonprofit foundation dedicated to planetary defense against asteroids and other near-Earth object impacts. It is run by former astronauts and engineers who believe that Earth has a 100% chance of being threatened by a devastating asteroid at some point in the future.
rRMox TIL a British admiral's phones were bugged so often on one mission that his wife would say "Goodnight, everybody” before they turned the lights off each night
M4Om TIL that in the story of Job, God bets Satan that he can kill all of his family and Job would still praise God.
JE1k TIL when his heir died childless, the estate of British scientist James Smithson passed to the U.S. government. American diplomat Richard Rush was sent to England to collect the money, and returned with today’s equivalent of $11M in gold coins, which was used to found the Smithsonian Institution.