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TIL that Rosa chinensis, native to Southwest China, introduced the trait of repeat blooming to modern garden roses, revolutionizing rose cultivation in Europe.

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BrZbD TIL that Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners was an organisation formed during the British Miners' Strike in 1984 to raise money for families on strike, and is seen as an important turning point in attitudes towards LGBT people in Britain
BgXvd TIL we may soon be able to talk to the animals
eY54 TIL that the US Flag Code states when a flag is no longer in appropriate condition it “should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.”
p8pxe TIL Silent-era film director F. W. Murnau (1888 - 1931, director of Nosferatu) had his grave robbed in 2015. His skull was removed and candle wax found in the grave suggests an occult ritual was performed. The crime is unsolved and his skull remains missing.
VMjD0 TIL: GB Glace (Unilever's heart ice cream company) has a different name in many different countries.