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TIL there are wasps that make honey, called Mexican Honey Wasps.

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VBMLZ TIL after his two previous ads/films were rejected by his clients, experimental filmmaker Peter Kubelka changed country and made "Arnulf Rainer". When this 7 minute film premiered in 1960, most of the audience walked out and Kubelka lost most of his friends because of it.
WkwDY TIL about The Streisand effect (named after Barbara Streisand)- a phenomenon whereby an attempt to hide, remove, or censor a piece of information has the unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely, usually facilitated by the Internet.
ne4oW TIL, Till Lindemann the lead singer of Rammstein was shortlisted to go to 1980 Olympics in Moscow for freestyle swimming.
YppZG TIL many EXIT signs contain a radioactive isotope of hydrogen, tritium gas. This allows for radioluminescence, which makes the sign glow as a result of low-level beta radiation from the tritium decay.
yGBa TIL Human Saliva contains a painkiller 6 times more potent then morphine