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TIL that bees can recognise human faces!!

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b9AK9 TIL in 1851 because it was too expensive to import ice from the United States and Norway, an Australian man invented an ice-making machine and its first application, aside from making ice, was to cool beer. He was James Harrison, "the father of refrigeration"
VB4XQ TIL Frankie Muniz (Malcom in the middle) Is a professional stock car driver
wLJLM TIL of cable car racing, also called spindizzy's capable of reaching speeds of 155mph+
pYmvp TIL Galen was the most influential ancient physician during the Middle Ages and his theory was that the blood carried the pneuma, or life spirit, which gave it its red color
Z8B7G TIL The crew of the space shuttle Columbia knew of the catastrophic re-entry failure, and that they were going to die for 40 seconds before rapid cabin depressurization