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TIL: There is an 8,000 year old cave painting of a human gathering honey from a natural bee hive

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GYaPN TIL of the traditional "Honors of War", where surrendering armies would leave the battlefield with banners waving honorably and their band playing the enemy's anthem. After winning the American Revolution, George Washington famously refused to allow the British to play an American or French song
Lk9lp TIL that while peacock mantis shrimp can see light ranging from deep UV to far IR (300-720nm), they can only discriminate wavelengths that are more than 25nm apart, the difference that separates orange and yellow, with humans being able to discriminate wavelengths that are only 1-4mm apart
4J8X TIL after WW2 was over, everyone got freed from the concentration camps at the end of the war…except the gay people, many of which were forced to remain in imprisonment for their “crimes” and were not acknowledged as victims of Nazi persecution.
WkVA9 TIL Pink Floyd is inducted into the National Association of Brick Distributors' Hall of Fame for their services to the brick industry through their 1979 album, "The Wall".
YngZ TIL Donnie from The Wild Thornberrys was voiced by Flea from The Red Hot Chili Peppers.