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TIL: hummingbirds use spider silk to build their nests

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JXx4 TIL the Himalayan Honey Bee, largest of the honey bees, makes a hallucinogenic honey that tribes collect
5YL98 TIL of Kirk Alexander, a man who ordered from his local Domino's almost every night for 10 years. When he hadn't ordered anything for 11 days at the end of 2016, the manager of that Domino's grew concerned, sent a deliveryman to check up on him and called 911. He was found in critical condition.
ADVRo TIL bananas would not be nearly as available to most of the world if banana-pickers were paid a livable wage.
4XQ6b TIL that US president Calvin "Silent Cal" Coolidge used to buzz for his secret service and then would hide under his desk while they frantically searched for him
BbVW TIL that you can’t make a true James Bond vesper martini anymore. Kina Lillet was discontinued and reformulated in 1986, making the scene in the Casino Royale movie anachronistic (unless the bar had an old bottle lying around)