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TIL blockbusters last slogan was “That’s all folks!”

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J17Yv TIL that radio broadcasting began in university physics and engineering departments
YpW6r TIL why it is a bad idea to offer sugar water on a permanent base to bees. It is junk food for the bees, and they will tell their bodies at the hive as well where they can find it. I will just stick to pure water, and you should, too:) inspired by finding an exhausted bee yesterday in our window :(
69emY TIL Koalas are actually very picky eaters, as they only feed on leaves from about 40 of these species. Even though there are 700 species of Eucalyptus trees in Australia.
MeKEb TIL that the FBI investigated the movie "It's a Wonderful Life", when it was being made and eventually released, for being communist propaganda
xV8p5 TIL of Lisztomania, the obsessive fan hysteria surrounding the classical composer Franz Liszt. Admirers would fight over his locks of his hair, pull his carriage like horses, and carry glass vials of his old cigars and coffee dregs.