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TIL honeybees are not native to North America

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B8L TIL that the mascot for the Arkansas School for the Deaf is the Leopard. They’re the leopards that are deaf. The Deaf Leopards.
R7gYl TIL that the ‘declinism bias’ makes us think the world is getting worse despite evidence to the contrary.
neReo TIL Samuel Clemens (AKA Mark Twain), who was born 186 years ago on November 30th, was born two months early and was not expected to live. He ended up being one of three children in his family who survived to adulthood while four other of his siblings passed away.
awpLL TIL That Men experience a significant/abrupt decrease in testosterone levels after sugar intake
v1Wmr TIL that the name of the mathematical function sin comes from the word "bosom" which was a mistranslation from Arabic