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TIL that industrial beehives are built around the concept of "bee space," a specific gap width that bees will avoid plugging with comb or propolis (bee glue)

l76QG TIL New Mexico is the only state with an official State Question: "Red or green?". "Red or green?" refers to the choices of chile sauce typically offered at local restaurants and is usually asked as quoted.
awwWb TIL a years-long feud between Nirvana and Guns N’ Roses ended after Kurt Cobain’s suicide, largely because GN’R bassist Duff McKagan was one of the last people to see Cobain alive. They happened to sit next to each other on a flight to Seattle and made friendly conversation about “going home.”
9YbgG TIL On May 5, 1809, Mary Kies' patent for a new technique of weaving straw with silk and thread to make hats was signed by President James Madison. She was the first woman to receive a U.S. Patent
Egd5d TIL in the 1980s, Black Sabbath manager Don Arden was quite hostile towards the band's ex-vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, who had recently married his daughter Sharon, and was fond of telling Osbourne that his children resembled the baby on the cover of the album "Born Again".
Eg1bw TIL The Wright Brothers only flew together on the same flight one time, a six-minute flight on May 25th, 1910. They promised their father, Milton, they would never fly together to avoid the chance of a double tragedy and to ensure one brother would remain to continue their flight experiments.