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TIL Bayer produces harmful chemicals which may be a huge factor in Colon Collapse Disorder in bees.

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rknM TIL It took the radio 38 years to reach 50 million people, 20 years for the phone, 13 years for the television, 3.6 years for Facebook and it took Google Plus 88 days
wo881 TIL Despite being ranked as one of the greatest songs ever written, the song “Hey Jude” by the Beatles was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards in 1969 (Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best Pop performance by a duo or group with vocal) and didn’t win any of them.
kOkWm TIL Martin Luther King Jr was uncompromisingly anti-capitalist and that his speeches before being assassinated increasingly focused on the economic and social issues faced by poor Americans
D1Arg TIL Mazda had to recall 52k cars due to a species of spider loving the smell of gasoline so much it chose to build its web in the cars emission systems.
GAZBj TIL that Josh Peck's birth was the result of an extramarital affair, with his father being a married co-worker of his mother.