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TIL about Mason Bees. Solitary, docile and rarley sting, dont live in colonies, produce no wax or honey and pollinate the shit out of everything! Prefect for your garden!

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wNZo TIL that the first aerial refueling occurred when Wesley May climbed from a Lincoln Standard to a Curtiss Jenny with a 5 gallon can strapped to his back in 1921.
kGOm TIL when the band Korn played “Falling Away From Me” on the South Park episode entitled “Korn’s Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery,” it was actually the debut of the single, which then went on to be one of their most popular singles.
KO9A6 TIL Nigerian Afrobeat musician Fela Kuti released an album titled "Zombie" in 1976 that criticized the Nigerian government. As result, they murdered his mother and destroyed his commune.
VBVbZ TIL that Michael Crichton, who wrote Jurassic Park, was not only a literary giant, but a figurative one standing 6 foot 9 inches tall.
wn7E TIL That Japan’s surrender following the bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki may have been due in part to the “confession” of the captured US pilot Marcus McDilda, revealed under totrture that the US had 100 atomic bombs and would bomb Tokyo and Kyoto next.