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TIL that honey bees can recognize human faces. They see faces much like pixels in a digital image.

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GAyO4 TIL that out of the most common 75 fruits, the relatively healthiest fruit are raspberries, whilst the least healthy are persimmons.
AD4rB TIL that the first life insurance policy was written in 1583 in London and was for a term of one year. The insured died on day 364. The company underwriting the policy then tried to weasel out of paying by claiming they meant a lunar year (12 months of 28 days each). They lost and had to pay out.
ZRYG TIL every single Official London Black Cab driver must pass a test called “The Knowledge” in which they have to learn 25.000 streets, 20.000+ landmarks and 320 basic routes that are located within a six-mile radius of Charing Cross. Some people take up to 5 years of studying to pass it.
Y7M6Z TIL that in 2012, KFC were ordered to pay 8.3 million dollars in damages to the family of an Australian girl left severely brain damaged after contracting salmonella poisoning by eating a Twister chicken wrap.
mAPO TIL: A North Korean official was executed using a flamethrower.