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TIL high-fructose corn syrup may be tied to worldwide collapse of bee colonies

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6Zpm TIL rock&roll pioneer Ritchie Valens had a fear of flying due to a freak accident where two airplanes collided over his school’s playground, killing or injuring many of his friends. He got over this fear due to the demands of his career and subsequently died in a plane crash at the age of 17.
R5009 TIL It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure.
YVJ7 TIL: Georgia lawmaker Doug Teper proposed using a guillotine for state execution so that death-row inmates could serve as organ donors
l7vKB TIL That you weigh less the closer you are to the equator, and more the closer you are to the poles
eQ8g TIL the reason why Bambi (1941) looks so stylistically different than Disney’s other works is because entry-level employee Tyrus Wong, an immigrant artist from China, painted sketches of his vision without permission from supervisors. Walt Disney saw his work and promoted him as to lead BG artist.