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TIL that the Chili Peppers bassist, Flea, has become a beekeeper in an effort to stave off the declining honeybee population

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4kgVJ TIL that the largest cavalry charge of all time took place during the 1683 battle of Vienna. 18,000 Polish and German cavalry men led by the Polish king and his Hussars charged down into the vast Turkish lines and crushed the invading Ottoman army, ending the Islamic invasion of Europe.
5Yomk TIL there was a baboon named Jack who, for nine years, helped a man with two peg legs switch tracks for trains and never once made a mistake.
MQ9a TIL there is a camp for kids with Tourette Syndrome called Camp Twitch and Shout
BgQ6D TIL Qatar owns 17% of Volkswagen
OBYg TIL that in 1988, Cosmopolitan magazine published an article claiming that heterosexuals had little risk of contracting HIV, and that transmission was impossible in the missionary position, long after the best scientific evidence indicated otherwise.