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TIL honeybees that get drunk on fermented tree sap are denied access to the hive and are often attacked by the sober bees.

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MeK1B TIL there has been only one male under age 30 to win the Best Actor Academy Award, meanwhile 32 women under age 30 have won Best Actress
LkwLQ TIL George Adamski claimed that he met with extraterrestrials and that every planet in our solar system was populated with human-like inhabitants, as was the dark side of the earth’s moon. Queen Juliana of the Netherlands invited him to her palace in 1959 to discuss extraterrestrial doings
GYkMN TIL that Victor Hugo visited prostitutes so frequently that during his funeral, almost all the brothels in Paris closed to mourn their best client.
XnKD TIL that America: The Story of Us was filmed in South Africa and uses mostly South African actors.
6EvdQ TIL that After a decade long effort, Herat, Afghanistan’s deadliest province for landmines, was declared free of explosive devices. Nearly 80% of the country is now mine free.