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TIL: New Zealand has an official wizard

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rRadM TIL if a bee colony wants a new queen they select a few larvae irrespective of gender and feed them copious amounts of Royal Jelly so that the larvae develop queen morphology.
oBdvR TIL Owney the dog became world famous in late 1800s for traveling the USA and the world as the beloved mascot for the railway post service. He became a good luck charm because no train he rode on got in an accident. Wherever he went, people hung tags on his harness, which he brought home regularly.
P1KMw TIL of The Swing Youth were a youth counterculture of jazz and swing lovers in Germany formed in 1939. They admired the "American way of life", defining themselves in swing music and opposing Nazism. With a focus on African-American music they were particularly spiteful of the Hitler Youth.
jvaa TIL Mary Anning, the first female paleontologist, is the girl referenced in the rhyme “she sells sea shells by the sea shore” after she discovered the first ichthyosaur at age 12 while collecting shells on the beach.
b9YAQ TIL the iconic "Make Love, Not War " anti-Vietnam war poster was created by Wilfred Weisser a globe-trotting hippie from Germany, living in San Francisco in the mid-'60s. He then disappeared and has never collected a single cent in copyright royalties.