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TIL that police in the UK can legally break into any person's house under the Bees Act 1980 if they suspect it contains foreign bees

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oRwLA TIL Despite its reputation as the most staunchly Republican state, the Democratic Candidate William Jennings Bryan won the state of Utah by a margin of 65.43% in the state's first-ever presidential election in 1896, the strongest performance by a presidential candidate in Utah.
EL5P TIL that in the midst of a three-year killing spree, over which he is believed to have murdered up to 130 people, serial killer Rodney Alcala was featured a contestant on The Dating Game, and was picked by the bachelorette. She never followed up on the date because she found him “creepy”.
eW7E TIL that 16-20% of google searches each day have never been searched before
W7Jd8 TIL: A woman born with birth defects caused by Chernobyl including 6 toes, webbed fingers, no thumbs, leg 15cm shorter than the other, and missing some organs, won a gold medal in the paralympics for cross-country skiiing
d8wdd TIL In 1891, a stallion nicknamed "Clever Hans" wowed Germany by tapping out correct answers to simple math problems, including basic square roots. It was later discovered that he was deducing answers by reading the subtle, unintentional body language cues of the asker (the "Clever Hans Effect").