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TIL bees will leave the hive with all their honey (abscond) if they (for various reasons) feel uncomfortable with their living situation, even if it means certain death from being exposed to the elements.

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E1YmW TIL that there are languages without the terms “Left, Right, Front, and Behind.” These cultures use “North, South, East, and West” their whole lives no matter if they are in a room or in the woods. The result is a compass brain. They always know how they are oriented.
RZZl TIL the word Scientist was coined as a portmanteau of Science and Artist in the 1830s.
mxAop TIL -That before the Nazis did, a Finnish Count and pilot adopted the swastika as his personal emblem in 1918 which was also adopted by the Finnish Air Force, used until the end of WW II despite Finland fighting the Nazis.
YvBB TIL that according to the Bohr model of the atom, elements with an atomic number higher than 137 can’t exist as the first electron would travel faster than the speed of light
eY9g TIL that a biologist named Justin O. Schmidt was stung by 83 different insects and rated the pain caused by their sting on a scale of 1 to 4.