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TIL that Vulture bees feed on rotting meat instead of pollen or nectar, while essentially making the equivalent of meat honey.

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D1Wpj TIL that land sickness is a thing. After returning from a boat trip the body gives the illusion of rising and falling just like on a boat. The feeling can last from minutes to hours. If the feeling is permanent it is called Mal de debarquement and a "cure" is to drive in a car
n8pP TIL Tetris was originally created as a simple game to test the capabilities of new Soviet hardware. This is the original version.
RBm7 TIL Roller Coaster Tycoon Was Programmed By One Person, Using Assembly.
mV6x TIL Stephen king was hit by a van not far from his home in 1999. He suffered from a collapsed lung, a broken hip,a leg broken in nine places.Afterward he and his lawyer bought the van for $1,500 and when King healed, he wailed on it with a baseball bat before sending it to be crushed at a junkyard
Bg45d TIL Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first saint from the USA and found of it's first religious order of nuns, was the daughter of the first anatomy professor in Columbia college and daughter-in-law to the last Royal Public Notary of New York City.