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TIL that one teaspoon of honey is a lifetime work of 12 bees

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OoJ0e TIL that when Alexander the Great’s dearest friend Hephaestion died, Alexander threw him a lavish funeral worth around £1,500,000,000. He also had a 60-metre-high pyre commissioned, with 7 layers of golden objects. Hephaestion was also worshipped as a divine hero. Shrines were erected in his memory.
BrZGx TIL That since 1951 in Israel it is required by the law that every new building will have a security room that can withstand blast and shrapnel from conventional weapons, and offer protection against chemical and biological weapons.
RZB9 TIL that Russia’s leaders have followed a pattern alternating from bald to hairy for two centuries.
VBveD TIL: That actor Anthony Perkins was once pressured by Paramount Pictures president Barney Balaban to end a homosexual relationship and undergo conversion therapy. Tension reportedly arose between the two because Balaban objected to Perkins's homosexuality and his relationship with actor Tab Hunter.
yQYPa TIL that some spiders engage in oral sex