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TIL drone bees ejaculate with such explosive force it can be heard by human ears, described as a "popping" sound. It's so powerful it ruptures the bees penis, resulting in it's death.

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KlXJ TIL oil companies in Alberta’s tar sands use more water in a year than the entire city of Toronto, pay nothing for it, and don’t clean it up
ANXdx TIL that in order to host the Super Bowl, host cities must provide the NFL exclusive access to three top quality, 18-hole area golf courses (at no cost) so it can host a tournament on Super Bowl weekend
k89E TIL Australian Bill Morgan was declared dead for 14 minutes and lived unscathed. To celebrate his survival, he bought a scratch card & won a $27k car. The news asked him to re-enact the scratch card moment so he bought another card & won a $250k jackpot.
gMmQL TIL 40 papyri from 150-99 BC found in Egypt form an archive recording 3 generations of a common soldier's family. Personal letters, divorce papers, contracts andwills tell of his emmigration from Crete, his marriages, career and death, as well as the life of his daughter, her 4 siblings and her kids
wLBRo TIL that Santa Fe, New Mexico is the oldest capital city in North America, founded (1607) over a decade before the Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock (1620).