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TIL bees perform a math dance to communicate the direction and distance to flowers, pollen, etc.

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yQ9gX TIL that the US flag was not the first flag on the moon. It was a "flag" from the University of Bern (Switzerland) that was used to capture solar wind particles, and was planted first to maximise the experiment's duration.
WJJL TIL that despite being synonymous with blandness, vanilla is one of the most complex spices in the world and the second most expensive, next to Saffron.
VaA0 TIL the Chinese word for cat is Mao, so cats pretty much say their name all the time like Pokemon
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