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TIL that when communicating about floral resources bees on cocaine like to talk more and also tend to exaggerate how much was actually there in the first place.

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4GEJ TIL that in the 5th century, St. Benedict wrote a rule book for monks. He convinced them to be celibate, poor, to get up in the middle of the night to pray, to engage in hard labor and almost no conversation, to obey the orders of their abbott … but he couldn’t convince them to give up the booze.
R55QQ TIL the risk of being a homicide victim is highest during the first year of life
v1v18 TIL that the term "pipe dream" is a reference to the insane dreams people have when smoking opium
m1O0O TIL the "spots" on a giraffe are actually the yellow part
rNJGy TIL Railway Post Office cars sorted and delivered mail on moving trains, using hooks to catch mailbags without stopping. The last service ended in 1977, but remnants still exist along decommissioned tracks. At its peak, 9,000 trains covered 200,000 miles of mail routes.