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TIL Due to the plant hormone auxin, tulip stems continue to elongate after they are cut.

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yV0Z8 TIL in 1980 an American man survived after his core body temperature reached a high of 115°F (46.1°C) due to heatstroke, whereas, in 1999 a Swedish woman survived after her core body temperature dropped to a low of 56.7°F (13.7°C) due to a skiing accident that trapped her under ice for 80 minutes.
NXG0Q TIL of Provo Wallis a Canadian who helped capture the US warship the Chesapeake, during The War of 1812. Wallis served in the Royal Navy from the age of 4 until he died aged 100, having seen 96 years of duty.
woJ8Y TIL that despite having hundreds of entries, the lowest rated Mario game on Metacritic is only 54: Mario Party Advance
ADWJB TIL violinist Lili Haydn was allowed to choose her own name as a child, and for a time was known as 'Helicopter'
EgVg7 TIL the second Rashidun caliph, Umar ibn al-Khattab, a senior companion and father-in-law of the prophet Muhammad, was assassinated by a Persian slave in 644 who stabbed him with a double-bladed dagger, apparently due to Umar's refusal to lift a daily tax imposed on the slave by his slave master.