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TIL that pea plants are able to associate stimuli with reward, similar to Pavlov's dog. Pea plants were conditioned to associate light with the presence of a fan.

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VMJyB TIL Japan's infamous suicide rate is only 4.2% higher than the US's, and their male rate is lower.
6EL0Y TIL about Bobby, Eddy and David; three identical twins separated at birth but reunited at 19 years of age. However, their separation and reunion may have not been pure coincidence, but infact a work of unethical psychiatric research.
LkjAm TIL the name of the Japanese drink Ramune is derived from the loanword "lemonade"
6E4DY TIL J.R.R Tolkien's first identifiable Middle-Earth character was a Half-Elven Mariner named "Eärendil", who came from his poem "The Last Voyage of Eärendil" written in 1914.
KOloa TIL about cowboy bob, a female bank robber from Texas who wore a cowboy hat, a fake beard, boots a size too big, never harmed anyone in any of her robberies and evaded detection for as long as she did due to her disguise.