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TIL Honey Bees are not indigenous to North America and were brought over by white settlers.

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5YLOp TIL about András István Arató, the Hungarian Electrical engineer who accidentally became an internet meme called “Hide the Pain Harold”
O8L6 TIL East Asians (Koreans, Chinese, and Japanese) have fewer apocrine sweat glands compared to people of other descent, and the lack of these glands make East Asians less prone to body odor.
4X4eR TIL Brandon Novak gives out his phone number on the internet to speak to strangers battling addiction. People have said he talked to them for an hour and then 20 more times over the next month.
w0wW TIL that earthworms do NOT surface to avoid drowning when it rains… Instead, they come to the surface to move overland. Since worms breathe through their skin, the skin must stay wet in order for the oxygen to pass through it. And earthworms can actually survive for several weeks under water…
LgxP TIL that until 1987, broadcasters in the United States were legally required by the FCC to present both sides of issues.