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TIL that a tribe from Napal risk their lives climbing the Himalaya Mountains to harvest honey made from the world's largest bees. The honey is collected from poisonous Rhododendron flowere. It provides a range of uses including psychedelic effects, as well as medical benefits.
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TIL that refining a 42 gallon barrel of crude oil yields 20gal gasoline, 7gal diesel, and 17gal of petroleum byproducts such as propane, ammonia and plastic material, totaling 44 gallons; a net gain of 2 gallons.
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TIL that there is one McDonald's in the continental US that still serves fried apple pies.
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TIL In 1979, a number of people in Sweden called in sick with a case of “being homosexual”, in protest of homosexuality being classified as an illness.
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TIL that the Challenger hemi is rarer than most exotic cars - only 47 Hemi Challengers were made in 1971.