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TIL that stenocereus eruca AKA creeping devil lies down on the ground and grows on one end while the other slowly dies, it can also clone itself in isolation and lack of pollinating creatures, all of which have allowed it to create massive “colonies” on the coast of Baja California Sur

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v1nZ8 TIL In 1969, a group of researchers trained cockroaches to race, built them a transparent case and 'invited' other cockroaches as an audience. Those 'racers' who had their species looking at them were able to race faster than those without.
gMvDX TIL William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody had incredibly progressive views in his time. He openly spoke out against slavery in 1853 and was stabbed twice by an angered member of the mostly pro-slavery crowd; and advocated equal rights for women, the civil rights of Natives, and conservationism.
jNQGp TIL Learie Constantine, a Trinidadian Cricketer, Lawyer and Politician, who served as Trinidad's High Commissioner to the UK and was the UK's first Black Peer, successfully sued a Hotel Company in London in 1943, which had earlier denied him and his family accommodations based on their race
yDvV Til that if an astronaut “loses it” in space, part of the protocol is to restrain them with duck tape.
djNK TIL that snails Have 14000 teeth and some can even Kill you!