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TIL that bumblebees learn to solve problems by watching each other

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VK4k TIL that a 15-year-old did the same thing that Rosa Parks did 9 months earlier, but wasn’t iconized in part because she was too dark-skinned
P1kpG TIL that the .nu top-level domain, intended for the country of Niue, is currently managed by the Swedish Internet Foundation. The government of Niue is in legal proceedings to reclaim ownership of the domain.
B5r TIL the national animal of Scotland is a unicorn
9w4gm TIL about volcanologist Barry Voight, who correctly predicted Mt Saint Helens Northern Flank would collapse. Among his other accomplishments, he is also Angelina Jolie’s uncle.
oRxE7 TIL: 81-year-old folk singer Bob Dylan is still actively touring and simultaneously a very prolific visual artist. In 2022 he created a full size boxcar welded out of ornate wrought iron, his largest piece yet.