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TIL that bees make queen bees by feeding the baby special food

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XV1r TIL the first episode of an X-Files spin-off called “The Lone Gunmen”, which aired March 4, 2001, involves a US government conspiracy to hijack an airliner, fly it into the World Trade Center, and blame it on terrorists - thereby gaining support for a new profit-making war
XED1r TIL that George C. Scott refused the Academy Award for his portrayal of George Patton on philosophical grounds. His reasoning was that dramatic performances were so unique that to compare them to each other was impossible.
EgPOW TIL Internet Group Suicide was common in Japan in the early 2000's - the phenomenon of committing suicide with a group of random people who met on online forums
oBAQR TIL that Argentine has the largest Swedish community in the Americas.
9OXM TIL that a cabbie told Bill Murray that he was frustrated that he drove 14 hours a day and didn’t have enough time to practice playing his saxaphone. So Bill Murray drove the cab while the cabbie sat in the back and practiced.