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TIL that in two days in the Chernobyl zone the human body receives a radiation dose equal to one intercontinental flight

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NXxRE TiL bees like to 'play' with balls. A study shows bumble bees went out of their way to roll wooden balls repeatedly despite no apparent incentive. Younger bees rolled more balls than older bees and male bees rolled them for longer than female bees.
R5l14 TIL that the current population of Ireland (approx 7m) is still below the population recorded before in the Great Hunger of the 1840s (approx 8.5m).
VBv4m TIL That Prior to Serving as Secretary of Defense from 2001-2006, Donald Rumsfeld had Previously Held the Same Post from 1975-1977, Making Him Both the Youngest and the Oldest Secretary of Defense in U.S. History.
5Yd4Q TIL the famous inventor Nikola Tesla became interested in electricity after his cat gave him an electric shock
dk9E TIL that the only nation to commit a total genocide and exterminate the entirety of a race is not some dictatorial genocidal government, it was the British who exterminated every Tasmanian Aborigine.