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TIL Honey bees are not native to North America.

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awy7J TIL Of St. Priapus Church, a religion based on the worship of penises. Fellatio is seen as a commandment, a good deed which has positive effects not just for the recipient but for society in general, a practice facilitating world peace.
7kp7 TIL adult Norwegian Mcdonald’s workers have a starting salary of over $24 USD an hour
R5xM1 TIL of Koi Pla, a raw fish salad dish consumed in the Isan region of Thailand said to be responsible for the deaths of around 20,000 people every year. Mainly due to the fish being used containing fluke worms that if eaten can inflict you with bile duct cancer.
loeyK TIL Earlier, doctors used to tap the patient's chest to get clues about their medical condition. One 'gentleman' French doctor, reluctant to embarrass a young girl, rolled up a sheet of paper to make a tube and placed it on her chest. It worked, and as a result, the stethoscope was invented.
4dZN TIL In 2005, Kate Winslet joked that acting in a Holocaust movie guarantees an Oscar. Four years later, she won her first and only Oscar for her role in The Reader.