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TIL Emir of Qatar donated $100 million to New Orleans intended to help rebuild housing, hospitals and schools after Hurricane Katrina.

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ep0nk TIL that domesticated queen bees are often marked with a daub of paint on their thorax; the color of the paint indicates the year the queen hatched.
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