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TIL Honeybees can learn basic math such as subtraction and addition

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a8PVN TIL on the 13th of July 1985 there two Live Aid concerts. One at Wembley Stadium in London and one at John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia. Phil Collins performed in both (helicopters from/to stadiums and Concorde for crossing the ocean).
GmgN TIL that every Purple Heart medal awarded up to date was originally made during WWII in anticipation of the casualties that US troops would suffer in Japan
lLgV TIL in 2012 a charity dropped off boxes in a remote African village containing Xoom tablets with no instructions. Within 4 minutes a child turned one on. Within 5 days, kids were using 47 apps per child, per day. Within 2 weeks they were singing ABC songs. Within 5 months they had hacked Android.
Oal4 TIL that human kidneys can be printed using 3D printers and living cells to make a transplantable organ.
kO70W Today I learned about the Lythronax (LYE-thro-nax) is a genus of tyrannosaurid dinosaur that lived in North America around 80.6–79.9 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous period. The only known specimen was discovered in Utah , what's cool is Lythronax translated means "Gore King"