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TIL that the world's smallest flower is the Wolffia spp., or the watermeal. The plant is about 1/42" long and 1/85" wide, and weighs about as much as 2 grains of salt. It grows on the surface of freshwater lakes or marshes.

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VMvn0 TIL before the Nazis adopted the Swastika in the West, it was used by Rudyard Kipling, The 45th Infantry Division of the United States Army, Carlsberg Group, the Finnish Air Force, Boy Scouts in Britain, The Royal Air Force's 273 Squadron, the Arizona Department of Transportation and many others.
9YMvQ TIL zip ties are color-coded to show their intended use. Black zip ties are resistant to UV radiation and made for outdoor use, blue zip ties are metal-detectable and used in the food industry, red zip ties have high resistance and are used in electronics, and white zip ties are general indoor use.
Y8eG TIL The Greek language has 4 words for love. Agápe: Charitable love; Éros: Sexual love; Philia: Love between friends; and Storge: Family love
EBBw TIL when monkeys were taught the concept of money, it resulted in the first recorded incident of monkey prostitution.
epBpg TIL that famed author William S. Burroughs "accidentally" shot his wife in the head in what he claimed was a drunken reenactment of William Tell