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TIL that bees can be trained to detect diseases, like cancer, in their early stages by sensing the disease in the patient's breath due to their extremely strong sense of smell

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R7lmw TIL Killer-whale mothers often stay with their adult sons for their whole lives. Killer-whale mothers also help their sons find mating opportunities, so they're more likely to become grandmothers
Mwpm TIL Star Wars the Force Awakens spent $50M more on advertising and trailers ($250M) than they did on production ($200M)
ZWo4 TIL: In one season of the Dutch version of “Survivor,” the men and women were split and given their own islands. At the end of 8 days, the men had a “Cafe on the beach,” while the women were stealing from each other and had not yet built a hut; the women approved of a tribe merger.
kONOW TIL more people have been to outer space (more than 550) than have successfully summitted Mount K2 (less than 400). K2 or Mount Godwin-Austen is considered to be the most challenging of the 8000’ers.
oR5j7 TIL an office building in midtown New York sold for $8.5M last year, 97.5% less than what it last sold for: $332 million in 2006.