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TIL honey bees are not and have never been on the endangered species list

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R5P01 TIL that the social media service Blue Sky (founded by Jack Dorsey years ago) currently has Lantian "Jay" Gruber as its CEO, and that by coincidence, the name "Lantian" (given to her by her Chinese mother) means "blue sky" in Mandarin Chinese.
KYMA4 TIL older woman sometimes have purple hair because they have added purple pigments to balance out yellow tones. This makes hair white unless the over do it - which is why it ends up purple.
Z86xR TIL from 1777 to 1870, Vermont had a fourth branch of government called the Council of Censors. It consisted of 13 members, elected every 7 years, who had to check if "the legislative and executive branches have performed their duty as guardians of the people." They could also amend the constitution
rNMPe TIL the CIA spent $20 million trying to turn a cat into a spy. It got hit by a taxi 5 seconds into its first mission.
kJG61 TIL Queen Victoria received a Pekingese dog in 1860 from the expedition army to China in the second Opium War, and it's named Looty.