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TIL Jon Bon Jovi avoided property taxes by raising bees so that he could classify his mansion as a farm.

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yQK8M TIL actress Judi Dench is growing a forest on her property in Surrey, England dedicated to loved ones in her life who have passed on. Every time a friend or relative dies, she plants a tree in their honor. She started the tradition after the death of her husband, actor Michael Williams.
PY5EG TIL that the Byzantine emperor Basil II captured over 15,000 Bulgars. He ordered 99% of the prisoners to have both of their eyes gouged out, and left the 1% with one eye left to guide the others back to their king. This is how Basil earned the title "the Bulgar Slayer"
Q96E TIL A nursing home shut down and staff went home even though there was more than a dozen patients STILL THERE. Cook and Janitor stayed and cared for them for two days!!
XE0KE TIL that spiders can fly for miles and have been found 2.5 miles above earth surface.
b9GjE TIL of remittance men - useless sons of Victorian British upper middle class families being given an allowance by their own family to be as far away from family as possible, typically settling in very remote parts of the British Empire.