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TIL that honeybees didn't exist in California until 1853, and even though bees in general are critical to the environment, honeybees specifically are far more important for agriculture of a few specific crops.

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6ElRJ TIL that Jupiter's magnetosphere is much larger than the sun, it reaches the outer orbit of Saturn, and if it was visible in the night sky, it would be twice the size of a full moon. You can sometimes hear it on a radio station.
GBN1 TIL - Eminem was an anonymous donor to a Detroit charity, giving 105k in one year. When it was brought to light that he was the anonymous donor, he matched donations up to 100k the next year.
mx6Ey TIL When Al Kaplon lost his job as a minor league umpire, he took his talents to Hollywood and has been an umpire or referee on movies and TV like "American Gladiators", "The X-Flies", and "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story". He's even been an umpire for a Viagra ad.
AD984 TIL that A 'kangaroo word' is a word that contains the letters of its own synonym, in order, like MAscuLinE, ChOCOlAte, cHickEN. And a double kangaroo word has two joey words, like Containter for CAN and TIN
v1yRL TIL there's a reason there's no generic insulin for diabetics. Its discoverers gave the patent to their university for $1, but the university couldn't make what was needed quickly enough. Drug companies have kept making small changes since the '20s to keep it from going generic.