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TIL ; A colony of bees can visit up to 50 million flowers each day

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epm0E TIL the UK is the only country to have successfully developed and then abandoned the capability to launch satellites into space. The Black Arrow rocket launched the Prospero satellite into orbit from Australia in Oct 1971. The project was cancelled that same year due to cost.
grYO9 TIL about Third man Syndrome! It’s something that happens to climbers and explorers in dangerous situations. They feel like someone invisible is there with them, giving advice, encouragement and helping them survive.
p8n58 TIL that a 98 year old mom moved into care home to look after her 80-year-old son
R5B7w TIL David Hasselhoff holds the Guinness World Record as the most watched man on television.
Nw7N TIL that the reason all videos are subtitled on Netflix is because the National Association for the Deaf filed a class-action lawsuit against them in 2010.