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

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Y77Gd TIL Based on the data from modern hunter-gatherer populations, it is estimated that at 15, life expectancy was an additional 39 years (total 54), with a 60% probability of reaching 15
rNdje TIL in the year following D.B. Cooper hijacking and bailing out of an airliner, a rash of copycat hijackings occurred. Each demanded money and parachutes. Some even managed to bail out, just like Cooper. All were caught, and more stringent safety measures were adopted by airlines and airports.
5YKYr TIL the hour and minute hands of a clock align perfectly every 1 hour, 5 minutes and 27.273 seconds. The hour and second hands align perfectly every 60.083 seconds. The minute and second hands align perfectly every 61.017 seconds.
GYolG TIL that Jack Nicholson grew up thinking the woman who gave birth to him was his sister. When he was 37 years old, he found out that his sister was actually his mother.
rPVo TIL that New Zealand’s parliament draws bills for debate at random from ‘the biscuit tin of democracy’, a literal biscuit tin kept in the clerk’s office.