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TIL that Martin Luther King Jr's great great grandfather was Irish.

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7rvar TIL honeybees used in almond groves often die of pesticides, lack of biodiversity, arousal from dormancy early. To mitigate, growers split hives, put mail-order queens in new hives, feed bees fake pollen. The "Bee Better" program puts diverse flora in almond groves as natural pest control/bee food.
Z8WrY TIL of Santimamiñe Cave located in province of Biscay, Spain.It was discovered in 1916. Inside there's mural paintings of bison, ibex & bear from Mesolithic era. It was designated as World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2008.
W7DpB TIL the US Ambassador to Czechoslovakia when it transitioned from communism to capitalism was Shirley Temple.
6EeJw TIL that the "German" soldiers that get murdered after surrendering in "Saving Private Ryan" were actually Czech and were saying “Please don’t shoot me! I am not German, I am Czech, I didn’t kill anyone! I am Czech!".
R7ew9 TIL Harry Houdini was an aviation pioneer and the pilot of the first controlled, powered flight in Australia