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TIL Women are physiologically better at distinguishing color, while men better distinguish moving objects.

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QJ1YL TIL that Eastern Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus Foetidus) is one of the few plants in the world with thermogenic properties. It can generate internal temperatures from 27-63°F through cellular respiration.
9wAAr TIL that Leonard Cohen didn’t gain any royalties from his 1968 song "Suzanne", and he only benefited from the song when he performed it live, as he signed away his rights to the song in a legal document deceptively presented to him which he did not read.
p1K4 TIL the Skunk Cabbage is one of a few plants that generates its own heat, 20 degrees Celsius/36 degrees Fahrenheit on average, above the outside air temperature. This allows the plant to melt through the snow and flower while snow is still on the ground.
GAmX7 Til While Benjamin Franklin was in England, he wanted to meet sir Isaac Newton. But the meeting never happened.
5VdAB TIL, about CFB Suffield, host to the largest army training area in Canada