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"Aliens would probably like it if you gave them flowers".

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7rX4x TIL about perpetual stew, a stew containing whatever is on hand and added to as needed. Constantly kept above the “danger zone”, it can be in the same pot for years if always above 140f, creating a perpetual cycle of adding and removing from it. It was often a staple of medieval inn meals.
1a9Bd TIL in 1997 the second highest rated Chess player in America was a prisoner who played largely through letter correspondence. He was accused of inflating his rating by fixing matches against other inmates, and briefly escaped prison after bolting when permitted to attend a chess tournament.
epNYD TIL all of the 500 fastest supercomputers in the world run on Linux
P1gmG TIL Six years after surviving a shark attack and following repeated appeals to South Australian authorities, Chris Blowes finally won a special exemption that gave him the legal right to possession of the tooth of the great white shark that took his leg. (Full story in comments)
0wXrR TIL about the flower that smells like a corpse. Titan Arum is one of the largest (typically 6 - 8 feet tall) and rarest flowers in the world, once bloomed it emits a strong odor similar to a rotting corpse to attract pollinators.