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TIL that "Corolla" means "little crown" in Latin, and "innermost ring of flower petals" in English

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aLv9 TIL there is a tribe in India that has learned how to train the roots of fig trees to create natural suspension bridges that can span over 100 feet, and last 500-600 years.
mxmKP TIL that while trapped in a Chilean mine for 69 days, Edison Peña ran several miles a day underground. He has since ran in the New York Marathon and Tokyo Marathon.
J1JPl TIL For the 1992 VMA Awards- MTV Execs and Nirvana's Band Manager did not want NIrvana to play their song "R*pe Me" due to its content. Kurt Cobain play the first few seconds of the song anyway- only to switch to the originally planned song "Lithium"
GYWN TIL Rabbits’ hind legs are so strong that if they are not restrained properly, the rabbit can break its own back by kicking too hard
v15Lr TIL Napoleon's worst defeat may not have been Waterloo. In a scene worthy of Monty Python, Napoleon was forced to flee a swarm of rabbits that they were supposed to be hunting. The organizers of the hunt mistakenly purchased domesticated rabbits; the bunnies "attacked" the party expecting treats.