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TIL bees can be trained to smell landmines and other explosives by sticking out their proboscises.

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jonp TIL that women have historically been barred from cooking sushi due to a superstition that their hands are too warm.
4XwJo TIL when American businesswoman and convicted felon Leona Helmsley died, her will left her Maltese dog, Trouble, a $12 million trust fund, whilst leaving two of her four grandchildren with nothing. This sum was subsequently reduced to $2 million as excessive to fulfill its purpose.
8alXV TIL that a Comcast customer Ricardo Brown once received a bill with his name recorded as Asshole Brown
gM00A Today I learned jacksepticeye’s outro has someone singing “I’m everywhere” in it
VM4gp TIL in 1986 Steve Jobs bought Pixar from LucasFilm for $5 million