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TIL Bees can recognize and remember human faces and they use the same technique humans do called configural processing, piecing together components of a face to form a recognizable pattern. They can also remember the faces they have seen from different view points.

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AN6mn TIL George Washington is the only U.S. president elected as an independent to date. Washington opposed the development of political parties.
dny9 TIL While playing Chess a female contestant can only open 2 buttons from the top on her shirt
YZor TIL Pres. Woodrow Wilson’s face is on the $100,000 bill and the bill is only used for Reserve Banks and Illegal if in possession of it.
ADVm4 TIL about the Makapansgat Pebble, a waterworn piece of Jasper that unmistakably resembles a human face. This pebble was carried a great distance to a South African cave by an Australopithecus hominid around 3,000,000 years ago. It is the earliest known evidence for human visual-symbolic thought.
4k6kN TIL that the reason why Kinder Surprise eggs are illegal in the U.S. is because in 1937, over 100 people died due to highly toxic diethylene glycol in a new pharmacy drug. In response, the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act was passed, illegalizing food products that contain something inedible.