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TIL bees are the only known species other than humans that can tell the difference between odd and even numbers.

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49BR TIL a fly is not the zipper itself, but the flap of cloth concealing the zipper!
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BXPk TIL that Henry Ford was the first Industrial Giant to give his workers both Saturday and Sunday off, in hope that it would encourage more leisure use of automobiles, and thus popularizing the idea of the “weekend”.
ayrJ TIL that the founder of Jimmy John’s is a big game trophy hunter
lonQV TIL sugar rushes were determined to be a myth in 1985 (and again in 1995)