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TIL Honey bees that return to the hive drunk are punished. The punishment ranges from leg biting to complete leg loss, for repeat offenders.

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PjKV TIL: Instead of donating money to a New York Food Bank, Toyota offered ‘kaizen’; a Japanese word meaning “continuous improvement”. Toyota’s engineers applied kaizen to the soup kitchen, reducing the average wait time from 90 to 18 minutes.
75ZX TIL that Prince Andrew, Duke of York served as a Royal Navy helicopter pilot for two decades. The UK government wanted to prevent him from serving in combat during the 1982 Falklands War, but his mother Queen Elizabeth insisted that Andrew fight. The Duke served in anti-missile decoy, ASW, and SAR.
DQg1v TIL the Moon is not cold and solid, it has a hot, liquid-iron outer core at the centre
6vOX TIL that Jim Carrey auditioned for Saturday Night Live. Ultimately, he was dropped in favor of Charles Rocket. Who is Charles Rocket? The villain in Dumb and Dumber.
XElRE TIL the dollar bill has been the same since 1929. The reason is that the government thinks no one would take the trouble of counterfeiting such a low denomination currency and hence it does not need the fancy updates or security features seen in the higher value currencies.