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TIL Alligators Are Native to Oklahoma

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8npV TIL that prior to Office Space, Swingline did not manufacture a red stapler.
n8DG TIL when the bees in a region of China disappeared, people pollinated apple trees by hand using brushes made of chopsticks and chicken feathers. When humans pollinated, apple production increased 30-40%.
VBBVZ TIL there's an asteroid (technically, a minor planet having a diameter of ≈250 km) named '10199 Chariklo' that has its own ring system. It is the smallest known celestial body to have a ring system.
X0Y8j TIL a pesticide applicator applied it to the wrong trees and over 100k bumblebees were killed in Oregon in 2013. The streets were littered with bees.
8e0GV TIL Neanderthals are named after the Neander Valley in Germany, where the species was first identified in the 1850s