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TIL the Himalayan Honey Bee, largest of the honey bees, makes a hallucinogenic honey that tribes collect

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KLR9 TIL that William Edmondson, the son of freed slaves, took up sculpting at age 55 after seeing a vision from God. He used found materials and made his own tools out of railroad spikes. Eight years later he was the first Black artist to have a one-man show at MoMA.
WkWQL TIL The expression "15 minutes of fame" came from Andy Warhol, inspired by his words "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes" which appeared in the program for a 1968 exhibition of his work in Stockholm, Sweden.
Xxxj TIL that many tech companies stayed away from the use of male computerized voices because of HAL-9000 (from ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’)
mVwY TIL Deadpool has “Medium Awareness” which means he is aware that he is a fictional character in a comic book, and is thought to be due to his mental state.
1aBQ7 TIL two surfers Andrew Cooper and Alex Schulze started the 4ocean movement and now has 27 operations around the world and has collected 4 million pounds of trash since 2017.