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TIL Bees HATE cinnamon - eliminate unwanted hiving bees with a teaspoon of cinnamon.

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BgBly TIL that future British Prime Minister Anthony Eden carried a letter bomb in his suitcase for a whole day, thinking it was a Whitehall pamphlet that he would read later in the day. He only realized it was a bomb after being warned by the police, who were informed by MI5.
ebe6 TIL That Luxembourg is aggressively pursuing space mining
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