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

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RnVQ TIL The children of the Moken people in Thailand and Burma are able to see clearly underwater due to their sea-based culture.
GY90J TIL the "Bueller? Bueller?" scene in Ferris Bueller's Day Off was ad-libbed. Actor Ben Stein, also an economics writer and former Nixon advisor, rattled off the lecture about tariffs and supply-side economics off the top of his head.
aLVZ TIL if you die in Amsterdam without any friends or family left to attend your funeral, a poet will write a poem for you and recite it at your funeral.
wLQlJ TIL in his youth economist John Law fought a sword duel over the affections of a woman. Law killed his opponent, and was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death. The sentence was later commuted to a fine. After an appeal by the victim’s brother he was imprisoned, but Law escaped to Amsterdam.
VBM9m TIL about Westsylvania, a 14th state of the U.S. that was proposed early in the American Revolution, and would have included parts of Maryland, Kentucky, Virginia & Pennsylvania.