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TIL that honeybees let out a ‘whoop’ when they bump into each other. This vibrational pulse, long thought to be a signal to other bees to stop what they are doing, might actually be an expression of surprise

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5YAGQ TIL that The Male Brain Is Hardwired To Prioritize Sex Over Food. Researchers from the University College London found that the male brain has specific neurons that can override the desire to eat for sex, according to their study published in the journal Nature.
61R8 TIL that there are 17 American men in history who have run under 2:10 in the marathon. In contrast, there were 32 Kenyans who did it just in October of 2011.
v7Gj TIL French vanilla ice cream is made with egg yolks, lending to its soft yellow color and smoother texture. Regular or “Philadelphia” vanilla is made without yolks and is white.
jNk6M TIL the turd-rolling dung beetle navigates its way home using the stars.
pYWXp TIL the medical research surrounding having people’s gender not matching their genetic markers has been occurring for a very long time. Genetically born males who cannot process androgens such as testosterone and grow up female because medically it was the best outcome. Many didn’t even know.