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TIL that because of the decline in bee population, apple farmers in china are now pollinating the trees manually, using a paintbrush.

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yVOmp TIL Corn was genetically engineered by farmers thousands of years ago
GAZJ1 TIL that February 24 is the real Leap Day. In the ancient Roman calendar, leap years insert a day into the calendar between 23 and 24, and this was never officially changed.
R7Rel TIL There is no generally accepted term to describe what Northern Ireland is: province, region, country or "something else".
N7ye6 TIL The word 'Welsh' comes from the Proto-Germanic 'Walhaz', meaning Roman/Celtic speaker. The countries/regions of Wales (UK), Wallonia (Predominately French speaking region in Belgium), Welschland (French speaking region of Switzerland) and many others all get their name from this.
MB00 TIL of “Unsinkable” Sam, a sailor during WWII who survived the sinking of the Bismarck, switched sides to the Allies, then survived the sinking of both the HMS Cossack and the HMS Ark Royal. Unsinkable Sam is also a cat.