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TIL that black roses occur in nature in only one tiny village in Turkey

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E1pOx TIL the Beatles could not write nor read musical notation
E1lkV TIL The legendary band Dread Zeppelin was, for all intents and purposes dissolved and without its signature lead singer, Tortelvis, and they only reformed because INXS were big fans and wanted them to open their US shows in 1993.
D1mVr TIL A doctor saved life by sucking urine from a man's bladder mid-flight to NYC
nWlbB TIL that the human fingertip can feel the difference between a smooth surface and one with a pattern embedded just 13 nm deep
x6QDo TIL British military scientists sent hundreds of Indian soldiers into gas chambers and exposed them to mustard gas and did not check up on the Indian soldiers after the experiments to see if they developed any illnesses. It is now recognised that mustard gas can cause cancer and other diseases.