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TIL that half of all plastics ever made were made in the last 15 years

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ANmQB TIL plants can sense gravity. Starch filled organelles act like snowglobe particles and settle at bottom of cells, allowing plants to orient themselves.
E176x TIL The “New Forest” in the UK dates back to William the Conqueror, making it almost 1000 years old.
Ka8R TIL livid is the color opposite to brown
Yp9gx TIL Fleetwood Mac's album Tusk broke the record for the most expensive album production, costing over $1 million ($3.5+ million in today's money) to record.
lwZN TIL of a vegetarian spider which eats the protein-rich buds of an acacia tree.