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TIL Honey bees are not native to North America.

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neEL7 TIL that in 1815, dentistry as we know it today was in its infancy - and the mouths of the rich were rotten. So they took teeth for their dentures from the bodies of tens of thousands of dead soldiers on the battlefield at Waterloo.
NXZN8 TIL That in 1974, the passage of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act allowed women to open bank accounts, apply for credit and commit to a mortgage without needing a male co-signer.
XJ0X TIL a book entitled Atlanta Nights was written by a group of sci-fi authors to be intentionally bad as a test for the publisher PublishAmerica. It included a chapter containing computer generated random sentences, and chapter 17 and 4 are word for word identical. The publisher accepted it.
kW4W TIL that in Iceland, the syncretism between traditional beliefs and Christianity has led some people to create tiny little churches to convert elves.
kOodd TIL There are 5 temples in Kyoto, Japan that have blood stained ceilings. The ceilings are made from the floorboards of a castle where warriors killed themselves after a long hold-off against an army. To this day, you can still see the bloody outlines and footprints.