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TIL Plants receive more energy on a cloudy day in the summer than on a sunny day in the winter.

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5lOB TIL real-life vigilante crime fighters exist in Seattle under the name “Rain City Superhero Movement”
kPa7 TIL paleontologists at Kent State University discovered a new species of hermit crab on the same day Michael Jackson died. They named it Mesoparapylocheles michaeljacksoni in his honor.
NXpW8 TIL that during the filming of the Doctor Who serial “The Celestial Toymaker”, the BBC got in trouble after a character meant to be inspired by Billy Bunter claimed to be him at the end of one of the episodes. The Continuity Announcer had to make an apology to avoid a lawsuit.
v1xvj TIL while the professional production of Quadrophenia's cover cost The Who £16,000, their next album's cover featured a caricature of the band that cost them only £32.
KYrkG TIL that Blossom Rock (Grandmama on TV's "The Addams Family") was a sister of Jeanette MacDonald (screen actress and singer)