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TIL it takes at least eight bees all their life to make one single teaspoonful of honey

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Bbpx TIL that a Japanese anime named Sazae-san is more than 46 years old and has been airing since 1969 with a total of 2330 episodes on Sunday. It is one of the biggest ratings grabber on Japanese TV following simple plot lines like; today Sazae-san goes to the mall and gets lost.
p8yE8 TIL that the year 1816 is known as the "year without summer" due to the volcanic eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia which resulted in tens of thousands of deaths, a global temperature drop of up to 3 degrees Celsius and unusually cold and wet conditions sweeping across Europe and North America.
mbpE TIL that US President Grover Cleveland bought a baby carriage for a child who would later become his wife.
pY5We TIL Since 1884 Twenty-Three Human Babies Have Been Born With A "Tail"
wox7 TIL That the survivors of the USS Arizona can have their ashes placed inside the ship which lies in Pearl Harbor to be reunited with the 1,177 who died Dec 7, 1941.