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TIL Pizza Hut made a delivery to the International Space Station

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xVJ7g TIL Killer bees were created in an attempt to breed tamer and more manageable bees. This was done by crossing a European honey bee and an African bee, but instead the offspring became more aggressive and highly defensive bees that have escaped into the wild.
P10rV Today I learned a chef on the Titanic survived floating in the freezing water... was by getting absolutely flamin drunk.
rRAjM TIL the schizophrenia treatment drug risperidone is as low as 30 cents per month in the developing world, but in the US costs patients $100 to $200.
w7OM TIL that 70 percent of all Indian motel owners – or a third of all motel owners in America – are named Patel
5aJn TIL that Mattel released an action figure of Stinkor, an anthropomorphic skunk supervillain of the He-Man universe, in 1985. Patchouli Oil was added to the molds to recreate the character’s unpleasant superpower. Toy collectors report the action figures continuing to reek after 30 years.