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TIL that bees have five eyes and I just think that's neat 🐝

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yVLNV TIL when a Oecobius civitas spider enters the home/territory of another spider of the same species, the residing spider leaves to find another home, allowing the squatter to take over.
wL0pE TIL that the brain is more active while asleep than it is awake. The brain while awake averages 40-60 observations per second, while the subconscious brain averages 11 million!
p88ep TIL: Martin Luther came up with the basis of Protestant Christianity while taking a shit.
Z8omD TIL that Miserere Mei, Deus, a piece of choral music, was a closely guarded secret by the Catholic Church until Mozart went to see it and copied it down off of memory. Instead of being excommunicated like he should have been, Mozart received the Order of the Golden Spur, and it was published.
GYxp4 TIL of Burj Al Babas - an abandoned $200m village in Turkey consisting of hundreds of Disney-style castles.