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TIL that apiarists, geneticists, and bee breeding engineers at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada have developed a new bee breed that is supposed to have beneficial traits, including strength and mite resistance, to try and cure colony collapse disorder and save the bees. #savethebees

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XlnR TIL that, following the introduction of the double-blade razor, the first-ever episode of “Saturday Night Live” featured a fake advertisement for a triple-blade razor, with the slogan: “Because you’ll believe anything.”
1K9O TIL that it Liechtenstein’s last military engagement they sent off 80 soldiers, but returned with 81, having made a friend along the way.
9wAlm TIL about Hitomi Soga-Jenkins, a Japanese woman who was abducted to North Korea with her mother in 1978. Her mother disappeared and was never seen again. She was given a Korean name and married an American defector. They had two daughters. The family returned to Japan in 2004 where they live today.
x6Log TIL that Könsrock (Swedish for “Genitalia rock”) is a Swedish punk subgenre focusing on toilet humor, handicapped people, diseases, and other taboo topics. The genre was pioneered by the band Onkel Kånkel and his Kånkelbär (“Uncle Dingle and his Dingleberries”).
Ojw6 TIL Maple syrup bottles have little handles on them because they originally came in 5lb containers that needed handles to hold, so when shrinking the bottle the handle was kept on because people associated the handle with that product.