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TIL that a drone bee’s family tree is a Fibonacci Sequence

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M7KEa TIL, Today Show's late Willard Scott started as a kid's TV presenter, played Bozo the Clown, and later created Ronald McDonald.
XEn8 TIL that most background actors are likely whispering “watermelon cantaloupe” to eachother
yVd1a TIL of the Iriadamant, a short lived community of mainly foreign people dressed in Native American outfits who lived in Northern Finland lead by a local professor who wanted to learn self sufficiency. After the experiment failed, it turned into a eco-cult whose members lived in extreme poverty.
6EJv7 TIL that Abraham Lincoln gave great prominence to hats as they would protect him from bad weather, help store important documents and made his height advantage more prominent
rnr0 TIL in 2013 the Minnesota Court of Appeals revoked a man’s license after he repeatedly ignored warnings from law enforcement that he was driving too slowly on two-lane highways. He told a lower court judge that 48 mph is his Ford Ranger pickup truck’s “sweet spot” for gas mileage.