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TIL - A Honeybee hive must travel to at least 2,000,000 flowers to create a one pound jar of honey. That is a distance of 55,000 miles for the bees in a hive.

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R9jj TIL Abraham Lincoln’s sole guard at Ford’s Theater on April 14, 1865 was an unreliable cop who walked to the saloon next door to get drunk during the fateful play. Ironically, John Wilkes Booth was at the same saloon working up courage before walking next door to assassinate the unguarded President.
yVdrv TIL: Most gas pumps in the US that play ads have a mute function. It's usually the button below the one in the top right.
yALJ TIL Elephants have death rituals.
oBwxW TIL the iPhone clock app displays the actual current time
MpbA TIL that spanking children makes them MORE likely to be defiant to their spanking parent. It also makes them more likely to have anti social and mental issues.