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TIL roses produce fruit

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9YeB6 TIL That fungi are growing on the walls of Chernobyl's ruined nuclear reactor. They seem to absorb radiation and convert it into chemical energy for growth.
W7pNN TIL-Macchu Pichu is a earthquake-proof city. Incans created a brilliant engineering technique called ‘ashlar masonry’, where rocks are cut to fit perfectly together without mortar. This allowed the stones to move in its place during an earthquake, before settling back in their original positions.
PYNgZ TIL the reason I can no longer get my favorite '90s reception sticks is because the maker sold the recipe to a company that then sold it later to a food company. They are holding onto the recipe as they don't produce food items but just food ingredients like canola oil.
9YKd7 TIL King County, WA, changed the "King" it was named after from William Rufus DeVane King, a slaveowner, to Martin Luther King Jr. in 1986.
nKrb TIL somebody in the 1800’s wrote a song that consisted of nothing but two people meowing at each other. It’s called “Duetto buffo di due gatti” which translates to “Humorous duet for two cats”