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TIL Bees, butterflies, and other insects are under attack by the very plants they feed on as U.S. agriculture continues to use chemicals known to kill.

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e0QBk TIL that academic achievement and cognitive ability have been shown to predict later age of first sexual intercourse
X0JwQ TIL the only head coach in the history of the University of Kansas Men's Basketball team to have a losing record was James Naismith, the inventor of basketball.
R59Yj TIL: Once when a journalist asked her if she was pregnant, then Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto responded "No, I am not pregnant. I am fat. And, as the prime minister, its my right to be fat if I want to."
4gpa TIL The German word Backpfeifengesicht - a face that cries out for a fist in it.
m1lLP TIL at the prompting of a prison chaplain, Joseph Paul Jernigan of Texas accepted to donate his body for scientific research or medical use. His cadaver was then used by the Visible Human Project, which then cut his body in 1871 1-millimeter cross-sections, which were then digitalized