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TIL that tulips can grow after being cut, up to one inch.

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XEZrD TIL of George R. Price, a population geneticist known for developing the most widely accepted mathematical interpretation of altruism. After realizing his equation implied that altruistic behavior serves an innate selfish purpose, Price became increasingly depressed and eventually committed suicide.
lWgB TIL that a fourteen year-old boy, bleeding from the anus and heavily drugged, managed to escape Jeffery Dahmer only to be returned to him after Dahmer convinced police the boy was his lover.
agJo TIL In 1921, the Soviet Union sent the Red Army into Tuva (near Mongolia), under the pretense of protecting Russian interests, and held a “pseudo-referendum” that allowed the Soviet Union to annex that territory.