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TIL that the little blue pill makes cut flowers stand up straight longer (by a whole week)

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b9X1a TIL about the Butt Hole Road, the former name of a street in England. Residents living on the street experienced issues with their address, as they were refused services due to the name and were the target of pranks. The residents raised funds, got local approval and had its name changed in 2009.
vjyL TIL The shopkeeper in “The good The bad and The ugly” is still alive, at the age of 103
5Vd6B TIL Siemens, the unit of conductance, has an old equivalent called "mho". A reverse of ohmΩ, a unit of resistance, with inverted omega ℧.
16vgO TIL: The ‘Atoms For Peace’ program, intended to promote the peaceful uses of nuclear power, led to multiple countries developing nuclear weapons
j6rNR TIL elephants can hear clouds