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TIL French horticulturist Francis Meilland developed The Peace Rose between 1935-1939. He sent cuttings to friends in Italy, Turkey, Germany, and The U.S to protect it. It is said that it was sent to the US on last plane available before the German invasion.

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ng7d TIL the phenomenon of “island gigantism”, in which the size of animals isolated on an island increases dramatically in comparison to their mainland counterparts.
DD7Y TIL men are 6 times more likely to leave their wife if she gets seriously ill than the other way around (20.8% vs. 2.9%)
16ly8 TIL polar bears don’t hibernate. Oh and it’s International Polar Bear Day!
DK8D TIL three 16-year-old girls were able to cut germination time in half and increase dry-mass crop yields 74% by introducing nitrogen-fixing bacteria to non-leguminous crops like oats and barley. The experiment won them the 2014 Google Science Fair.
ADmyw TIL that in 1910 moose were introduced to a remote part of New Zealand known as Fiordland. They are believed to have mostly died out, but to this day, traces of a mysterious moose presence are occasionally still found in the region. The moose themselves however haven't been seen since 1952.