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TIL Morgan Freeman converted his 124 Acre Ranch into a bee sanctuary in an effort to help bee populations

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vPY5j TIL That there is legislation passed by Arkansas' 1881 General Assembly (resolution 1-4-105) on how the state's name is to be spelled and pronounced.
nyLY TIL that when Charlie Chaplin received his honorary Oscar, he received a 12-minute standing ovation - the longest in Oscar history.
9wKQM TIL about the Lost Apple Project, a nonprofit organization that searches abandoned farms in the Pacific Northwest to locate old apple varieties that have been thought to be lost or extinct. There were approximately 17k varieties of apples in the US, but only about 4.5k are known to exist today
b64Vj TIL that Rush's 1981 single "Red Barchetta" was based on a 1973 short story published by Road & Track magazine. The subject matter of both stories were dystopian futures where certain types of vehicles were either heavily legislated or outlawed entirely, and government surveillance was everywhere.
VBX7Z TIL in many New England States, it's illegal to demolish a stone wall.