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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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k9lB TIL the phrase “Don’t mess with Texas” has nothing to do with Texan toughness, but was invented by the Texas Department of Transportation to fight littering
ZEOY TIL in 2001, IT at UNC decided to do a server audit. They realized that they could not find one of their best performing servers. Eventually resorting to following the physical cabling, they hit a wall, literally. The server had been buried behind a wall during remodeling for over 4 years.
NRnE TIL South Korea withdrew its opposition to Hashima Island being made a UNESCO world heritage site, on the condition Japan acknowledge its use of Korean forced laborers. Immediately after the site was approved, Japan’s Foreign Minister backtracked on earlier statements.
GYJ84 TIL nobody knew for certain if there was a point in a horses gait where all 4 legs were off the ground until it was finally settled in 1878 with 16 photos that captured it in quick succession. A horse ran over wires placed every 21 inches and triggered the shutter in ​one-thousandth of a second.
6EWpQ TIL that in 1966 after failing for 3 years to extinguish a gas well fire Soviet authorities decided to use a 30kt atomic bomb. It was detonated at a depth of 1,500m, crushing the well and extinguishing the flames in seconds. Following this success the same technique was use on 4 other well fires.