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TIL that the honey badger emits smelly, suffocating secretions from its anal glands to fumigate hives, causing bees to flee and leave their honey for the honey badger

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OnN4 TIL Bill Waterson based Calvin off of the philosopher Thomas Hobbes and based Hobbes off of theologian John Calvin.
QYYX TIL although film studios and music labels continue to mark their products with “all rights reserved”, this has had no legal effect since 2000.
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