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TIL plant albinism exists and because of the lack of chlorophyll on their leaves they have to suck energy from the roots of neighboring plants making them essentially - vampires

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GAlDg TIL about Adam Rainer, the only person in recorded history to have been both a dwarf and a giant.
EgONo TIL - In many native American societies, hierarchies were eschewed and persuasion was employed to decide public policy. Rational oratory was a highly valued skill and Kondiaronk's were reputed to be second to none. His skills won him tours of the salons of Paris.
W76Z9 TIL of the shortest-lived peerage in British history; painter Francis Leighton died with no heirs just one day after being named the 1st Baron Leighton, extinguishing the title.
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