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TIL honeybees are not native to North America

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XkWR TIL that in 2012 there were multiple cases of the Bubonic plague found in the USA including a 7-year-old girl who contracted the plague while camping in Colorado.
dDXG9 TIL: In Season 7 of "Married With Children", Peggy's cousin "Seven" was introduced. His parents (played by Bobcat Goldtwait and Linda "Exorcist" Blair) come to visit the Bundys and abandon him while getting cigarettes. He lasted 12 episodes before vanishing, last being seen on a milk carton.
GJXE TIL Grace Hopper was the developer of the first compiler for a programming language. She also invented the saying, “It’s easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission.”
5YrEr TIL that in Fahrenheit 451 the government didn't burn books because they were an oppressive dictatorship. The people voted to ban the books because they had short attention spans didn't want to be offended
xWn0 TIL that James Buchanan, the 15th U.S. President, was morally opposed to slavery, but believed it was protected by the constitution, and so continuously brought slaves with his own money in order to free them