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TIL Nicotine is the tobacco plant’s evolutionary defence mechanism, which makes insects sick when they eat the plant, thus saving the plant from being eaten!

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j6NvQ TIL American Sniper Chris Kyle was killed at a shooting range by a mentally disturbed ex-Marine who suffered from PTSD. Kyle was trying to help him rehabilitate.
oVVo TIL NASA will begin producing its own food in orbit for the first time ever – The lettuce will be grown under bright-pink LED lights, ready to harvest after just 28 days.
b69j9 TIL that Billy Joel was in a metal band, called Attila, before he started his massive solo career. The bands only album is considered to be one of the worst albums of all time by critics.
wmB1 TIL the scent of rain is called “Petrichor”, and it occurs when rain hits dry earth.
7rY4P TIL: Samuel Morse invented the telegraph after he received a letter of his wife’s failing health… after she’d died.