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TIL: contrary to common belief, bees are not the only species to make honey. One wasp species does also

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neXj9 TIL Italy spent $50,000,000 bailing out the Parmesan cheese industry.
oB6ar TIL The guy who produced Billy Idol's records also wrote "Don't You Forget About Me" (Breakfast Club) and offered it to Simple Minds. They initially declined. Billy Idol, Bryan Ferry, and several others also passed. So Simple Minds reconsidered, and it went on to top the charts in several countries.
DY4D TIL that in 1996 MTV nominated Nick Cave for “Best Male Artist.” He asked that they withdraw the nomination, which they did.
W7LlB TIL of the Edict of Expulsion, when King Edward I of England gave all Jews in the country a few months to leave.
NQOE TIL Byron White was a former star football player who became a Supreme Court Justice. He ruled in the case of Runyon v. McCrary in which a black student was rejected by a private school. That student, Michael McCrary would later become a NFL Linebacker and won the Byron White NFL Award in 2000.