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TIL the buzzing sound bees make isn’t actually their wings beating, but rather the bee vibrating its flight muscles.

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8a88b TIL The first type of cancer discovered was breast cancer, which was discovered in 1500 BC. The treatment back then was nearly the same as the treatment now, which was to just remove the tumor.
p554 TIL: In France, it is the law, that only a croissant made with pure butter can be straight
p886b Would that change our habits?
loDK TIL that the cast of Starship Troopers greed to do the co-ed shower scene only if Verhoeven agreed to direct the scene naked, which he did
Yp00d TIL in order to keep Genghis Khan’s burial site a secret, Khan’s successors killed anyone who witnessed his funeral procession. Some 800 soldiers are said to have massacred the 2,000 people who attended his funeral, before being summarily executed themselves.