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TIL: People with too high IQ can be barred from becoming a cop

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D1Nvv TIL when Bolivia sent proof to the CIA that Che Guevara was dead, they sent fingerprints for proof. When the VIA said that wasn't proof, they sent the hands with ink still on them. NSFW
px4b TIL Alaska has more coastline than the rest of the United States combined
BxxD TIL former Scretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was missing for about 25 minutes on the morning of 9/11. He was in the parking lot of the Pentagon helping to carry away survivors on stretchers
yQbEV TIL honeybees sleep between five and eight hours a day, some bees hold each other's legs as they sleep. Colonies are divided into different sectors of work. There are cleaners, nurses, security guards, also collection bees whose sole job is to cache nectar in comb. Promotions happen as well.
7r88M TIL scientists caught a skink evolving. Researchers found that skinks living below a mountain in warmer climates would lay eggs. At higher climates, the cold caused the skinks to hold their eggs inside for longer until they would hatch internally for live births.