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TIL A group of German scientists studying a wild tobacco plant noticed that when the plant was being eaten by caterpillars, the plant would release a scent that would attract predatory bugs who would then eat the caterpillars

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WkX49 TIL that Vincent Smith II, aged 29, died when he fell into a eight-foot vat that was mixing and melting chocolate to be used in Hershey's candy.
m1rNP TIL that Saturn's rings are believed to be relatively new, likely forming within the last 100 million years and as recently as 10 million years ago. They may disappear completely within the next 300 million years.
PY1re TIL Carrie Fisher used gaffer's tape to hold down her breasts because George Lucas 'didn't want her looking too aggressively feminine'. Carrie Fisher joked about it saying: 'No breasts bounce in space, no jiggling in the Empire'.
awXMA TIL in 2010, a British party ran with the following policies: reducing class sizes to 3'x2'6"; increasing prison sentences to at least 20 words; making cycling more attractive by banning the obese from wearing cycle shorts; using a smaller font size to reduce the unemployment statistics, and more
xVgxB TIL the term "rubber match" comes from 16th century lawn bowling, where a team can be eliminated if they "rub" against the white target ball