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TIL that in the Brothers Grimm version of Snow White, the Prince proposed to Snow White when she was only about Seven Years old.

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7rvar TIL honeybees used in almond groves often die of pesticides, lack of biodiversity, arousal from dormancy early. To mitigate, growers split hives, put mail-order queens in new hives, feed bees fake pollen. The "Bee Better" program puts diverse flora in almond groves as natural pest control/bee food.
8yL TIL the Higgs Boson was originally nicknamed “the Goddamn Particle” not “the God Particle”.
4knoX TIL a Korean Air jet due to stop in Anchorage was almost shot down on Sept. 11 due to miscommunications.
j6dej TIL that from 1998 to 2003, McLaren, the car brand, had an audio division called TAG McLaren
oR1EW TIL that the first artist to sing the national anthem with their own twist (Jose Feliciano in game 5 of 1968 World Series) was essentially blacklisted for his rendition of the song because folks found it offensive. He wasn't back on Americans' good side until he dropped Feliz Navidad.