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TIL that the majority of bee species (about 95%) are solitary and do not work in a collective hive.

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awZ80 TIL: Advent Calendars were originally called "Nicholas Calendars" and we're given out on December 6th.
b9DkE TIL that in 2014 Zara released striped pajamas with a sheriff badge which looked like a prisoner uniform from Jewish concentration camps. Needless to say, they got a lot of shit for that and pulled them off store shelves.
PY5EG TIL that the Byzantine emperor Basil II captured over 15,000 Bulgars. He ordered 99% of the prisoners to have both of their eyes gouged out, and left the 1% with one eye left to guide the others back to their king. This is how Basil earned the title "the Bulgar Slayer"
NEoe TIL in 1998, a woman disappeared while awaiting trial after she had drunkenly killed a woman in a fatal car crash. In 2013, she was arrested in Manitoba, Canada after bragging in a bar about having gotten away with the crime.
XEyrj TIL the Great grey owl is so elusive, it was first "discovered" by Europeans exploring Canada, despite the fact that the species exists in Europe.