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TIL the combined wealth in the world is $360 trillion.

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8e1DP TIL Bees In order to communicate what they've found and where it is, they dance: 'round dances' and 'waggle dances'. The 'round dance' signals to their nest-mates that there is a lucrative pollen area nearby. The 'waggle dance' tells them exactly where it is and how far to go.
0nxA TIL BMW posted a video on how to use turn signals.
QJ1V9 TIL that a community known as Druid Heights served as a focal point for three counterculture movements: the Beats in the 1950s, the hippies in the 1960s, and the feminists in the 1970s. Despite Druid Height's cultural significance, its future remains uncertain due to the deterioration of the site.
kOEr1 TIL (and also fucked up) that you can use your shoelaces to unlock your car when you lock your keys in like I did today
x6XW7 TIL that the snake Pareas iwasakii, which feeds only on snails, has the particularity of attacking only those whose shells are oriented to the right because of asymmetric jaws, favoring de facto those whose shells are oriented in the other direction.