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TIL that honey bees are able to stab through the leaves of certain plants to trigger their flowering process weeks earlier than usual.

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Pg8Z TIL that in 1775 the royal governor of Virginia offered slaves freedom if they fought for the british in the American Revolution. After the war, the promise was kept with about 14k slaves being freed.
b4J4 TIL that Granny from the Looney Tunes has had the same voice actress since 1953
5YAOQ TIL that there are still 74 countries where being gay is illegal and 13 countries where homosexuality is punishable by death
k5w7 TIL Milk Duds were originally supposed to be perfectly round. Since making them perfectly round was found to be impossible, the pieces became known as “duds”, and the name stuck.
vmk7 TIL that in 2015, a CT scan revealed that a 12th century Buddha statue was actually the casing for a mummified human being.