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TIL that it takes at least eight bees all their life to make one single teaspoonful of honey. Fortunately for us, they usually make more than they need, so we can have some, too.

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ZDDv TIL Muhammad Ali, being refused a hamburger and told, “We don’t serve negroes”, replied, “That’s OK. I don’t eat ‘em.”
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