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TIL if you trace back the family tree of a drone bee, the number of parents in each generation follows the Fibonacci sequence.

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8kLb TIL that the same company that produced the Zyclon B gas for Auschwitz also created the anti-graffiti coating for the Holocaust memorial in Berlin
NXe6Q TIL Ondine’s curse occurs when a part of your brain is injured causing you to lose the subconscious drive to breathe
neAYo TIL that if an advertisement for an American flag says not available in Minnesota, it means the flag was not made in the USA. MN has a law requiring American made American flags.
mxr6y TIL that in The Phantom Menace, Yoda has three toes. But in The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi and Revenge of the Sith, he has four.
Z1pR TIL Caltech students snuck into two fairs at MIT for the prospective freshmen and handed out T-shirts that were packaged so that “MIT” was on the front, but on the back were the words “because not everybody can go to Caltech” were hidden until the package was opened