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

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Bggbr TIL venomous injuries largely from contact with hornets, wasps and bees resulted in an average of more than 56 fatalities per year in the United States, compared with about one per year from alligator attacks
OMd7 TIL that the former Soviet Union has its own internet domain .su and access to google.su requires a login and password
LVx9 TIL: During the First Wave of Feminism a Spanish mother raised her child to be the Woman of the Future she spoke 6 languages when eight years old, finished Law School at 17 and then her mother shot her to death.
b9n00 TIL Samuel L Jackson has a clause in his contract to play golf whenever he isnt filming in movies.
XxGr TIL that prior to 2013, the first in line for the United Kingdom throne was the oldest son, even if he had an older sister. Now the heir is the eldest child, regardless of their gender.