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TIL of the Codariocalyx motorius, a plant that starts moving, or “dancing” when exposed to sound. We don’t know how it works, or why this plant would develop such an ability.

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OGEA1 TIL about Ewa Wisnierska, a paraglider who fell unconscious after being sucked into a cumulonimbus cloud (totaling 33.000ft) during a thunderstorm. She survived and was virtually unharmed.
9wZL6 TIL about the street gang, the Almighty G*ylords. They are one of Chicago's oldest street gangs, have been suspected of a variety of criminal enterprises and at their peak had 1,500 members.
NZOe TIL that the Catholic Church is the largest (non-governmental) provider of healthcare in the world
8a4vK TIL about the sci-fi novel "Across the Zodiac" by Percy Greg published in 1880, notable for being the first instance of an alien language in an English novel, the first recorded instance of "astronaut", and the progenitor of the "sword-and-planet" genre of science fiction.
VVpD TIL some women are tetrachromats, with four color-receptive cones instead of the usual three. These women are able to distinguish colors that most of us simply cannot see.