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TIL that honeybees can identify male drones born of incest and will eat them alive once they hatch

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D1Vkg TIL when the NHL rejected a bid by one vote to merge with the WHA, there was a massive boycott of Molson products in Canada. Molson owned the Montreal Canadiens, who didn't want the Quebec Nordiques in the NHL. The boycott prompted Montreal to change its vote to yes, and the leagues merged in 1979.
4XZmX TIL that the news of the Wright Brother's flight was first appeared in a magazine about bees
v1vQB TIL - A San Diego flight school flunked two of the 9/11 hijackers for being terrible students.
Apx7 TIL that there is a museum sorcery and witchcraft in Iceland. Visitors can experience complete rituals and spells related to magic. One displays exhibits a pair of pants made from dried human skin, called necropants. They were worn for good luck.
M7pOA TIL archaeologist Howard Carter, who discovered Tutankhamun’s tomb on 4 November 1922, was later found to have kept relics from the site. A 1934 letter and his executor’s records confirmed at least 18 stolen items, which to avoid a diplomatic incident, were later returned to Egypt.