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TIL the Mayans revered bees so much that they had funerals for them.

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x6pg5 TIL - Napoleons great grand niece helped Sigmund Freud escape from the Nazis in Vienna. Pincess Marie Bonaparte knew Sigmund because she had previously consulted him for her failure to have orgasms during missionary position intercourse.
lM8B TIL that in some parts of Poland, it’s uncommon to casually celebrate birthdays, and instead, “name days”, the day a patron saint a person has been named after is dedicated, is celebrated by coworkers, etc.
9YEVr TIL The Dave Matthews Band once accidentally dropped 800 pounds of excrement on a boat full of unsuspecting tourists.
GZYE TIL Self checkout lanes not only do not save their customers time but usually take them even more time to check out than customers in standard checkout lanes
VvbG TIL There was once a contractor named Hoosier employed on the Louisville and Portland Canal who preferred to hire laborers from Indiana. They were called “Hoosier’s men” and eventually all Indianans were called Hoosiers.