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TIL that Tila Tequila is a Nazi sympathizer

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Egg57 TIL dolphins can use their echo-location to examine an object, and then later have the ability to recognize it in person or on a video monitor.
KOW9G TIL that our brains do their best to keep us from dwelling on our inevitable demise. A study found that the brain shields us from existential fear by categorising death as an unfortunate event that only befalls other people.
awBBZ TIL Douglas Tompkins, founder of The North Face Company, purchased and conserved over 2 million acres of land in Chile and Argentina, becoming one of world’s largest private land owners
YpW6r TIL why it is a bad idea to offer sugar water on a permanent base to bees. It is junk food for the bees, and they will tell their bodies at the hive as well where they can find it. I will just stick to pure water, and you should, too:) inspired by finding an exhausted bee yesterday in our window :(
Npn6 TIL that George C Scott refused to accept the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1971, and described the Oscar ceremony as “a two-hour meat parade”.