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TIL that due to the decline of bees forces apple farmers in China to pollinate every blossom by hand using paintbrushes

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VMjVB TIL the first series produced by Cartoon Network was Space Ghost Coast to Coast in 1994 and is considered instrumental in establishing Cartoon Network's appeal to older audiences.
EgDpp TIL that the Wright Brothers' first patent wasn't for their airplane. It was for the system of controls they built to control their airplane.
8aJeK Today I learned about how glamorous commercial aviation was before WWII, with inter-continental flights in the Pan-Am Clipper. As glamorous as taking a cruise ship, but in a plane that landed on water.
5P1B TIL 50% of Nigeriens are under 14 years old
5Y9XB TIL that there is a single called "Africa For Norway," satirizing the Band Aid charity singles by encouraging Africans to donate their heaters to the unfortunate, freezing people of Norway