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TIL Plants aren't silent. They make clicking sounds like popcorn inaudible to humans that change under stress

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p8pyQ TIL that the Boston Tea Party was caused by the British giving the East India Company tax breaks which allowed the company to undercut the price of smuggled tea in the colonies. This threatened the commercial interests of Boston’s wealthy smugglers, such as John Hancock, who fomented the revolt
E1Qd7 TIL there really is a hotel like the one used in the movie 'Bad Times at the El Royale.' It's called the Cal Neva Lodge and is split into California and Nevada sides just like in the movie. The lodge was owned, in part, by Frank Sinatra at one point.
ykZw TIL that a U.S. Army Captain’s base pay is $46,026 a year, while a Roman Centurion received 38.58 ounces of gold annually. Using the current market gold price of $1200 an ounce, that comes out to $46,296.
04yj TIL that California’s “safe surrender” law allows one parent to anonymously leave a baby at a hospital for adoption - and makes it illegal for the hospital to notify the other parent.
yQMXX TIL That they use GMT as the timezone on the International Space Station.