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

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e0Ej6 TIL: the knobby bumps on a giraffes head are not bone antlers (as with deer) but are hard cartilage (like the hard part of a human ear), and add weight and firmness that allow the giraffe to use its neck and head as a ball and chain flail and deliver fatal blows.
lom9A TIL Link Wray’s “Rumble” is the only instrumental to be banned from American radio
R74OQ TIL the King of Swaziland has 15 Wives, including 2 appointed by his government
R7BD1 TIL that Joan d'Arc was tried, condemned and burnt at the stake by the Roman Catholic Church in May, 1430 . In the 1456 the very same church debunked her charges and denoted her as a martyr. Finally, in 1920 she was canonised and became a patron saint of France.
6Elom TIL six US states still have alienation of affection laws. A divorced spouse can sue a third party for breaking up a marriage.