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TIL use of the Nazi hand salute is currently a criminal offense in Germany, Italy, Japan, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Austria.

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OGgGa TIL honeybees engage in a “dance-debate frenzy” when looking for a new home. Scouts perform a dance in which movements/positions encode directions & vigor indicates quality of a site. Those with opposing views headbutt the dancer: “head-butting seems to be the honeybee signal for ‘shut up!’"
4XNJb TIL that 70% of wealthy families lose their wealth by the second generation, and 90% by the third
v1Ve8 TIL that some people, after eye surgeries where the cornea is remover, are able to see ultraviolet light-a part of the spectrum not normally visible. Monet, for example, painted with more blues after his op (at the age of 82!) because he could now see uv light bouncing off his beloved flowers.
8mKP TIL a fire burned down the warehouse of the animation company behind the Wallace and Gromit films, destroying “the entire history” of the animation series.
D1A5D TIL Sir Christopher Lee, who played Saruman in the Lord of the Rings movies, was the only actor to actually meet J. R. R. Tolkien personally.