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TIL about “Vulture Bees,” 3 species of necrophagous Central American stingless bees which use meat as a protein source.

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jNByn TIL that the people of Ringaskiddy, Ireland have claimed for decades that fumes from a nearby Pfizer factory producing Viagra causes a "Pfizer riser" in both men and dogs. The pharmaceutical has said that this is nothing more than an "amusing" local myth.
bAOE TIL the population of China today is greater than the entire world’s population at any point in history prior to 1900.
daZ7 TIL India is launching its mass electronic surveillance program in 2014. It will give 9 Indian govt. agencies—incl. the tax dept—the power to access, in real-time, phone conversations, text, emails, web search data & social media activity WITHOUT the approval of the courts or parliament.
5Q7p TIL in 2006 Bill Murray joined an NYU archaeology team for a dig in the Mediterranean because he felt like it
xyQD TIL one out of every four animals on Earth is a beetle.