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TIL: Bees are actually a democracy. They have debates when choosing a new home and each scout is given an equal platform. The votes end with a unanimous decision as each bee in the colony does its own research to verify the scout claims. The Queen remains impartial throughout the process.

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9QWp TIL George Zimmer, the owner and founder of The Men’s Wearhouse, does not background check his employees. “I don’t trust the U.S. justice system to get it right,” says Zimmer, who is himself a recovering alcoholic. “I’d rather make my own decisions, and I believe in giving people a second chance.”
ep5Zg TIL of the Christopher Thomas Knight aka the "North Pond hermit" who claims to have lived 27 years without human contact. He lived alone in the woods and committed around a thousand burglaries during this time to sustain himself. When he was finally caught he was sentenced to 7 months in jail.
8an5P TIL in 1783, an Icelandic volcano (Laki) erupted over 8-months spewing poisonous sulfur dioxide across the Northern Hemisphere. It lead to some of the worst winters on record with mass crop failures, famine, disease and is said to have been the trigger for the French Revolution.
M0Db TIL - In the study involving the 26 engineers, scientists, and others taking Psychedelics the participants actually took Mescaline Not LSD
JDw8 TIL that JFK didn’t speak at the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair, and the debut of the Space Needle, not because of “a strong cold.” He was actually dealing with the Cuban Missile Crisis.