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TIL scientists prove SOAP BUBBLES can be used to pollinate fruit trees, which could help compensate for the dramatic declines in global bee populations

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J1MRv TIL bourbon can only be made in the US.
16rMW TIL that in New Caledonia, there are marine snakes known as sea kraits which are extremely venomous but also so shy and unlikely to bite that children have been known to play with them.
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