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TIL that the NYPD at one point employed an official beekeeper

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16pVX TIL The tallest mountain in our solar system is not on Earth, but rather on Mars. Olympus Mons is approximately 13.6 miles high which is three times the height of Mount Everest (tallest mountain on Earth).
0mjM TIL green and red peppers are not distinct varieties; rather, green peppers are simply immature versions of red peppers.
oRYDR TIL Halestorm started as a Christian rock band whose tours focused on encouraging teens to avoid sex and drugs
15Xd TIL that a Colombian football player who scored an ‘own goal’ in a 1994 World Cup match against the US was subsequently murdered as the scapegoat for the team’s upset loss – one of the gunmen shouted “goal!” every time he fired a shot
9Y0YD TIL there is a hotel in Auckland next to a giant bungee tower, and the hotel doesn't inform the guests that screaming people will be plummeting past their hotel room windows.