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TIL elephants are afraid of bees!

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kZZ5 TIL that celebrating Christmas is punishable by five-year imprisonment in Brunei
0Jdy TIL that in Georgia there is an airtight room, sealed in 1940, called the Crypt of Civilization. It contains numerous artifacts documenting what life was like at the time of sealing, and is scheduled to be opened in the year AD 8113.
grv9D TIL that when Brooklyn Nine Nine started, Melissa Fumero and Stephanie Beatriz feared that one of them would eventually be fired as it was unusual at the time to cast two Latinas in main roles. As a result they tried to make their characters' appearances as distinct as possible.
1X8P TIL that a former king of Sweden became a pirate after he lost the throne
jNLBa TIL the reason a clock is used as a metaphor for how close we are to extinction in the Doomsday Clock is that a clock implies a countdown and suggests that destruction will naturally occur unless someone takes action to stop it.