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TIL that elephants are naturally afraid of bees and that farmers in Africa and India are using beehive fences as a safe and humane way to keep the elephants away, while at the same time pollinating their crops.

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Oo00L TIL that the Python programming language wasn't named after the snake. It was named after Monty Python, because the creator was reading Monty Python scripts when he implemented the language.
Oo1Z1 TIL John Mulaney helped Bill Hader develop his Stefon character on SNL after receiving an email inviting him to a club "that had everything" including "rooms full of broken glass."
gOdy TIL that Sky White of the band Foxy Shazam purchased an abandoned church and began renovating it. The band now uses it for videos and titled their latest album The Church of Rock and Roll.
oBNmK TIL in 1991 After Eric Clapton’s 4 year old son died after falling 53 stories from an open skyscraper window Clapton fled to an island and worked on his music for a year as a recluse. While there he wrote and dedicated the song ‘Tears in Heaven’ to his son. The song went on to win 3 Grammys.
oBbZA TIL that, in July 2020, marine biologists studying the seafloor in the South Pacific Gyre ("the deadest spot in the ocean") discovered aerobic microorganisms in "quasi-suspended animation." At 101.5 million years old, they are the longest-living life forms ever found.