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TIL: About the West European tradition of ‘Telling the bees’

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a8QGN TIL that when asked to appear on the Beatles’ 1967 album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band cover, legendary actress Mae West joked, “What would I be doing in a Lonely Hearts Club?” She only agreed after receiving a letter of admiration from the band.
wo64Y TIL about the Man of the Hole, the last member of an indigenous tribe in Brazil. He gained his name for digging a deep hole in each of his former residences (for reasons that remain unknown), and remained isolated for over 50 years in the Amazon rainforest until his death in 2022.
8aQdb TIL that Edward Hines got the idea to paint a line in the middle of the road to seperate traffic after watching a leaky milk wagon leave a trail down the street. In 1935, he was awarded the George S. Bartlett Award for outstanding contribution to highway progress.
Br5Ye TIL that dogs can talk, or at least, they can learn to communicate with humans by pressing buttons that produce sounds for different words, and they can have actual conversations with us
nWWld TIL Ancient Greeks Voted to Kick Politicians Out of Athens if Enough People Didn’t Like Them