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ZpEa4 TIL that potato “eyes”come from undifferentiated stem cells that can sense their environment and decide whether to grow roots or shoots based on where they are. If they are underground they become roots, above ground they become shoots and grow leaves.
wo00W TIL that in social cooperation situations, "freeriders" - people who contribute less to the community than others - find positive feedback less motivating than negative feedback, which generously contributing members seem willing to dole out - even if it's costly and even if they get nothing for it.
AN69d TIL the rate of fatal accidents due to wagons and horses in 1907 was 42 per 1 million people. For comparison, the motor vehicle fatality rate in 2023 was 120.6 per 1 million people (USA)