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

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6EOjl TIL the pre-printed championship apparel made for the losing team of major sporting events like the Super Bowl are shipped overseas to disaster areas or impoverished nations.
yQJQv TIL chronic dehydration can cause respiratory problems.
0wARM TIL John Cena can speak basic Mandarin. WWE taught wrestlers basic phrases in an effort to expand into China, but Cena was fascinated by the language and learned as much as he could, even having a tutor and flash cards.
dDZY9 TIL that smoking prevents broken bones healing - smokers have 2.2 times the risk of delayed and/or non-union bone healing after a fracture
e0evn TIL about Stella Kübler, a German Jewish woman who collaborated with the Nazis in hunting down thousands of hiding Jews despite her parents being killed. After the war she converted to Christianity and became an open anti-semite