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

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OoXJ1 TIL that those little aloe plants that pop up next to the big aloe plant are called "pups," and that's pretty cute :)
b6gDN TIL Blaine, Washington's slogan is “Where America Begins” because of its northwest location on the US-Canadian border. Blaine once had the world’s largest salmon cannery located on a spit and it is now a resort complex
Egk10 TIL the small white flowers along roadsides in the UK is called Danish Scurvy Grass, a coastal plant that thrives in the central reservation due to winter road salt accumulation.
poMe TIL The guillotine remained the official method of execution in France until the death penalty was abolished in 1981. The final three guillotinings in France were all child-murderers.
8e89X TIL that London Heathrow Airport has to scrape away 10,000 pounds of rubber every day, due to the tires skidding across the runway on landings.