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TIL that many plant stores hot glue fake flowers onto cactus

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5VN1k TIL In 1907, Grace Oakeshott, a British women's rights activist, faked her death to run off with her extramarital lover. It seems her husband was in on the plan, as both found it preferable to a divorce. Grace and her lover moved to New Zealand where they had 3 children before Grace's death in 1929.
L09m TIL The origin of the word “Butterfly” may have come from its yellow excrement and the middle Dutch word boterschijte. The literal meaning is “butter-shitter”.
Qexp TIL as a prank, 11 students rotated a 2,000lb statue of the university founder 180 degrees. Only one student was caught and never snitched.
4k685 TIL there are more Irish people in the USA than in Ireland.
Rwpw TIL Americans are over-diagnosed and over-treated for depression, according to a study conducted at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School