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TIL that bees can recognize individual human faces — something only a few non-human species can do.

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OoWb7 TIL the oldest known symbolic burial site was found in a cave, south of the modern day city of Nazareth, where a nine-year old was found buried with their legs bent and a deer antler cradled in their arms. The site was dated to circa 92,000 BP, making it about 95,000 years old.
dD4wZ TIL Fabio Lanzoni (romance novel covers) sleeps in a hyperbaric chamber as he believes it "reverses the aging process"
74XL TIL all of the filming for the entire Lord of the Rings Trilogy (aside from a few pick-ups) was completed before the release of Fellowship
OwD1 TIL that in response to a “catastrophic emergency,” the United States government can be suspended and replaced with a single, combined branch “coordinated” by the President, indefinitely.
rNNOw TIL The original John Madden Football (1988) took 3 years to develop due to John Madden insisting that each team have 11 players while EA was entangled in a legal battle with Bethesda Softworks. The game was known internally as "Trip's Folly" in reference to Trip Hawkins, the founder and CEO of EA.