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TIL that Bumblebees Can Fly Higher Than Mount Everest

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loAJV TIL Of Rainbow Valley, a region of Mount Everest ironically named after the rainbow of parkas worn by the corpses of failed climbers unable to be retrieved
yQepe TIL that horses actually put out up to 15 horsepower, and also that humans put out a little above 1 horse power.
LQBk9 TIL that humans can produce light through bioluminescence, but it's usually too faint for our eyes to detect.
erL4 TIL most color laser printers sold today create an invisible code that records where and when a page was printed.
4keEb TIL that Efren Reyes decided to use an alias in 1985 to throw off players from avoiding him. Instead of going by his real name, he used the name of his best friend, Cesar Morales, and surprised players at the Red's Open 9-Ball Tournament in Houston, Texas.