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TIL over 96% species of bees worldwide produce little to no honey at all and over 92% do not produce beehives.

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R5oE4 TIL that Jackie Robinson’s wife is still alive and she’s 101 years old
woJLo TIL about the SS Eastland, which rolled over while docked in the Chicago River, killing 844 people. The incident is considered the biggest loss of life on the North American Great Lakes.
Qebk TIL No ancient language had a word for the color blue until the Egyptians and studies suggest early humans may not have been able to distinguish that color at all.
ADYw TIL there’s no hard evidence the Qu'ran existed before the last decade of the 7th century, 6 decades after Muhammad’s supposed death.
LkdAr TIL about the legendary pickpocket Apollo Robbins, who once stripped Jimmy Carter’s Secret Service detail of their watches, badges, keys, and the presidential itinerary. He once stole a man’s driver’s license and made it turn up inside a sealed bag of M&M’s in his wife’s purse.