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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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x65Rw TIL in 2021, legendary brazilian Shaggy's voice actor, Mário Monjardim, died 3 days after Orlando Drummond, also the brazilian Scooby-Doo's voice actor, died too.
nWpJd TIL about Jeanna Giese, the first person to survive a rabies infection without first having received an anti-rabies vaccine. Since then, doctors have saved some other people using the protocol they developed when saving Giese.
BrANe TIL that if you contract and recover from the measles you have a 1/600 chance as a baby or 1/10000 chance that after 6-15 years you can suffer a condition that causes brain inflammation that is terminal.
kJvPm TIL of Jack, a baboon who acted as an assistant to a disabled railway signalman in the 1800s. Trained to push a wheelchair and operate the railway signals under supervision, the baboon got 20 cents a day, and half a bottle of beer each week. Apparently, he never made a mistake in 9 years of service.
oBkeL TIL that Stephen King's character Pennywise the Dancing Clown made his television debut in 1990 and the reboot (IT, 2017) took place exactly 27 years apart, which exactly follows the 27 year appearance cycle of Pennywise referenced in his book IT.