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TIL when a hive loses its queen, a common larvae is fed special food, Royal Jelly, triggering a biological transformation, giving her a larger body, functional ovaries, and a longer lifespan. DNA does not determine her destiny, it's nutrition.

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R7eRj TIL that there exists an asteroid 2010 TK7 (diameter- 300 mt approx) which has the same orbit around sun as earth and period close to earth's period of 365.256 days. It oscillates a lot about its mean position and on its closest approach to earth it was around 50 times farther than the moon is.
e0y1b TIL of 'teen courts,' which are used to prosecute adolescents in which the jury is made up of teenagers in order to lower the number of repeat offenders
d8K9B TIL that a B-52 once flew without most of its tail. The crew was preparing to eject when they realised they still have some control of the plane and flew it back. In total, the bomber flew for 5 hours without 83 percent of its tail.
VBp6D TIL in the year 1840, 95 years before the founding of AA, there was a group called The Washingtonians who believed in the power of one alcoholic helping another alcoholic recover. At its peak, the group had more than 600,000 members but drifted from its primary purpose and entirely dissapeared.
RDEQ TIL that an estimated 85 people die for every life saved by speed bumps, because while they slow down cars and save pedestrians they also slow down emergency vehicles that might otherwise save people.