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TIL Two tablespoons of honey would be enough to fuel a bee’s entire flight around the world.

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E1xyV TIL there is a monument in Dalby, Queensland commemorating a species of moth that eradicated the invasive Prickly Pear Cactus that had spread across 15000 square miles of Australia.
MWLm TIL the man that (probably) holds the record for the most burglaries committed was a hermit that lived in the Maine woods and avoided human contact for almost 30 years
m9jY TIL a model airplane crossed the Atlantic on one fuel tank. It flew from Canada to Ireland and landed with only 1.8 oz of fuel left. (2003)
gbK7 TIL: The workers at Costco stores that hand out free samples are considered outside vendors, not actual Costco employees, and work under a subcontractor called CDS that only offers services to Costco. CDS employees are paid less than Costco employees and get no benefits.
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