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TIL Researchers found that bees which had been given a dose of cocaine threw themselves into unusually energetic dance routines, felt compelled to “talk” to their nest mates - and even went “cold turkey” when the drugs ran out.

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g5yL TIL that exercising makes you both more productive and happier for the day that you exercise. It affects your brain function and memory, and the positive effect lasts for the entire day.
Wk6Z8 TIL Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. President to be born in a hospital. (1924)
XEJBk TIL that no Great White Shark has ever lived longer than 198 days in captivity. Before 2004, 16 days was the record.
GYBg1 TIL that until 1999 in Germany, bribes were a tax-deductible business expense, and there were no penalties for bribing foreign officials. The German company Siemens used to engage in bribery in developing countries, where bribery was common, and continued to do so after criminalizing it in 1999.
4X9L6 TIL that the lenses from the first picture of the earth from the moon back in 1969, was made by Carl-Zeiss. After that many space expedition missions(Hubble telescope etc.) shared the company's lenses in every innovative creation made by scientists and creators.