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TIL that bees can recognise human faces!!

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8n7b TIL in 1956, a magician was performing the “cut a person in half” trick using his wife for a televised performance. Immediately after she was divided, the host ended the show. People were horrified, thinking she had been killed, but time had just run out on the broadcast.
rAVM TIL there’s an Indie company making Battlefront 3 using the CryEngine 3.
0dk11 Today I learned that serial killer Amy Archer-Gilligan, who ran a nursing home and murdered some of the residents, and one of her husbands, was the inspiration behind the Cary Grant movie, "Arsenic and Old Lace."
W7gW9 TIL that Turkmenistan special forces raided Uzbekistan embassy in 2002, violating Vienna Convention
yV5Oa TIL that Gore-Tex is used in surgeries ranging from vascular grafts to synthetic knee ligaments. Also known as Teflon, this material is arranged in a mesh, which allows human tissues to grow through it. The rate of rejection is extremely small due to the material being inert in the body.