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TIL Neither Stalin nor Hitler have the title of worst genocide ever. Mao Zedong, of China, killed an estimated 63 million

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rRoy4 TIL The holes in honeycombs don't actually start out as hexagons. Bees create circular tubes staggered with one another. The heat formed by the activity of the bees softens the wax, which connects the gaps between the holes. Then the wax hardens into the the most energy efficient shape, the hexagon.
W8ko TIL Gay penguin couples have been observed stealing eggs from other couple’s nests and replacing them with stones as a means to satisfy their natural urge to be parents
e0V8J TIL The Jagermeister bottle was selected after different bottles were dropped onto a wooden floor from a height. A rectangular model was proved to be especially robust and the bottle is produced in hunter´s green glass, which is opaque to most UV rays to protect the contents
x6Ka0 TIL The Mental Disorder Autism Specturm Disorder was once called Asperger Syndrome named after Hans Asperger a Nazi
8bpX TIL that most Italian extra virgin olive oil sold in stores is a fraud. Nearly 70% of cheaper olive oil is not from actual olives, but is cut with cheaper seed oil to lower the price, and much of the product doesn’t even come from Italy.