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TIL Vulture Bees exist, a type of bee that feeds on carrion

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grxWA TIL That this is Steve Kerr's Father, Malcom Kerr who was assassinated in Beirut in 1984 where he was the President of the American University in Beirut.
doDd TIL in 1939, Major League pitcher, Bob Feller, tested the speed of his pitches by throwing them against a racing motorcycle before radar guns were invented.
ARoa TIL that, as a man, you can be arrested in Iran for wearing shorts.
p8Ny4 TIL Fish waste excretion is crucial to the survival and growth of coral reefs, and in reefs where fishing occurs, nearly half of the key nutrients from fish waste excretion are absent from the ecosystem.
GAAON TIL: William H. H. Murray's 1869 book "Adventures in the Wilderness; or, Camp Life in the Adirondacks" was so popular that in a matter of months it caused a "Murray Rush"---where thousands of hunters, fishers, and campers from NY and Boston went to Adirondacks and spurred modern American camping.