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Today I learned Billy Corgan from The Smashing Pumpkins is a sports guy. Never would have thought that. He talks the talk, so...

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eLxb TIL Scientists disagree about whether plants can think, feel, and communicate. They mostly agree about the facts, so the disagreement is about what to call it: “communicate” versus “signal”. Some say plants are intelligent, and they have sufficient memory to “train” them to change their “behavior”.
Ryvw TIL that during World War II in Australia, there was a dog whose hearing was so acute that it could warn airforce personnel of incoming Japanese planes 20 minutes before they arrived, and before they showed up on radar. “Gunner” could also differentiate the sounds of allied and enemy aircraft.
VMAE8 TIL Richard Klinkhamer's wife "disappeared" in 1991. He then wrote a book on seven ways to kill your spouse. In 2000, new owners of his former home found the skeletal remains of his wife, and in 2001 he was sentenced to 7 years in prison. He was released in 2003 for good behavior.
8apXV TIL The U.S was going to detonate 3 nuclear warheads to to drill for oil, which could have detonated 300 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. It was luckily stopped by the community of Sublette County due to the high risks to the wellbeing of the community and the environment.
d81ZQ TIL: A 17th Century Indian religious poem (30 couplets long) when read forward recites the story of the God Rama and the same when read backwards recites the story of the God Krishna.