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TIL that self-hacking by virus is not only a mechanism in BioShock

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d8bv7 TIL growing almonds in California takes more than half of the commercial honeybees in the US, meaning they have to be temporarily shipped in from almost every other state.
VMPdQ TIL about the Great Storm of Galveston in 1900. The category 4 hurricane brought winds of 130 mph and tides of 15 feet. Upwards of 8,000 people were killed overnight. After the storm the city built a sea wall and raised building that survived by 10 feet!
ydm8 TIL you can mail a coconut through the USPS with no packaging, you simply need to affix an address label and proper postage.
6EE77 TIL about the Circassian Genocide, where about 1,500,000 Circassians were killed and hundreds of thousands were displaced by the Russian Empire in an attempt to make room for Russian colonization in Circassia.
PgNG TIL: Cashews are also a fruit, and there is only a single nut per fruit. Apparently the Cashew apple is really tasty.