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TIL there are over 2,000 species of native bee in Australia alone

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xVBLB TIL that parents in Nordic countries have their babies nap outside in subzero temperatures so they sleep longer and better
w7OM TIL that 70 percent of all Indian motel owners – or a third of all motel owners in America – are named Patel
1o5O TIL that estrogen is a known cancer causing agent, even if grown naturally within the body.
EgREX TIL that in 1958 the U.S. Air Force accidentally dropped a nuclear bomb on a family’s backyard in Mars Bluff, South Carolina.The conventional explosives detonated, blowing a 70-ft-wide crater and injuring six people, but there was no nuclear core installed, so it didn’t go nuclear.
0dO4p Today I learned that camel urine has not only been ingested for centuries by many cultures as a cure for various ailments, but numerous scientific studies have also found that its purported benefits are surprisingly valid — including its ability to kill and inhibit the growth of cancer cells