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TIL That Slovenia ranks at the very top of the EU Member States in terms of the number of beekeepers per capita at 5 bee keepers per 1 thousand inhabitants.

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e09gn TIL while the final season Seinfeld episode "The Puerto Rican Day" (which featured a controversial flag-burning scene) was pulled by NBC and Sony, the episode quietly made its way onto the syndication package four years after its airing in 2002
4PbN TIL that before and during WW1 there used to be male and female tanks!
yQ6X8 TIL that Fermilab used to clean its particle accelerators with a ferret named Felicia, who would run through the tubes with cleaning supplies attached and be rewarded with hamburger meat
16rGP TIL that the Guinness World Records no longer recognize the fattest animal as a record in order to prevent compulsive overeating.
kn4d TIL The word ‘tantalize’ comes from the Greek Gods punishing the demigod Tantalus by having him stand beneath a tree laden with fruit which was always out of reach and in a pool of water which receded whenever he stooped to drink.