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TIL that there is a black honey bee species named Vulture Bee which derives honey-like substance from rotting meat

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O1eg TIL: The last surviving eyewitness of Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination was a man named Samuel J. Seymour who lived until April 12, 1956 at the age of 96. In February 1956, Seymour appeared on the TV game show I’ve Got a Secret, where he described the assassination in detail.
QJlmp TIL Chinese mathematician Zhang Heng invented a seismometer in 132 CE which was used to detect an earthquake 250 miles away
ayXb TIL: That SHARKS are OLDER than TREES.
VBKbQ TIL a 2020 study found evidence that arrows fired from medieval longbows could cause injuries similar to modern gunshot wounds. One example is the analysis of a skull that revealed an arrow had left devastating entry and exit wounds that are similar to injuries caused by modern bullets.
4Xdnw TIL most species of bee are solitary and don't live in hives or colonies, instead nesting in the ground, aerially, or even in old snail shells