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TIL: Today I learned about ghost flowers, a flowering plant with no chlorophyll.

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7rwvb TIL the oldest living Nobel laureate, Edmond Fischer was born on April 6, 1920. He and his collaborator Edwin Krebs were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1992 for describing how reversible phosphorylation works as a switch to activate proteins & regulate various cellular process.
p8DRp TIL that Brazil has more law schools than the rest of the entire world
Ag0x TIL there is an Ig Nobel Prize for unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research. This year’s winners include Arturas Zuokas, the mayor of Vilnius, LITHUANIA, for demonstrating that the problem of illegally parked luxury cars can be solved by running them over with an armored tank.
95Er TIL The end of slavery led to starvation and death for millions of black Americans
oBZ4r TIL that it is estimated that the world's 25 million tons of spiders kill 400–800 million tons of prey per year.