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TIL The Beverly Hillbillies had a third verse that wasn't on the show

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X0GBj TIL: In 1920, 70 years before the birth of the European Union, someone proposed the creation of the P.A.M. "The New Europe with Lasting Peace," which aimed to divide Europe "into slices" using a canton system and included a common flag, monetary system, time zone, postal service and language
x4Y5 TIL DuPont has been poisoning the town of Parkersburg, WV for over 30 years and has been covering it up.
woGlo TIL that honeybees can recognize human faces. Conventional wisdom holds that the ability to recognize faces requires a complex mammalian brain. But studies of paper wasps and honeybees have shown that some small-brained insects can manage this feat, too.
GY787 TIL of Adrian Carton de Wiart, a vetern of four wars. He survived seperate instances of being shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear; survived two plane crashes; tunnelled out of a POW camp; and tore off his own fingers when a doctor refused to amputate them.
7raWp TIL The first openly gay doll, Gay Bob, was launched in 1977. He had a pierced ear and his box was shaped like a closet.