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TIL about the tiny hairs on Zucchini plant called "trichomes," tiny little bristles that can hurt the hands if not washed away properly.

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KOXyB TIL: In Costa Rica, a sea turtle conservation organization is exposing sea turtle egg poachers by placing fake sea turtle eggs on the beach, with GPS trackers imbedded inside the eggs to reveal the location of whoever takes them.
OoWRX TIL that Aaron Sorkin once sent himself to the ER while acting out a scene he'd written | While writing a Newsroom episode, he was acting out a scene where a character lunges at someone, and he smashed into his bathroom mirror, breaking his nose and making a huge bloody mess.
KOY6Q “Nitrous oxide — laughing gas — may very quickly improve depression in these patients,” said Nagele. “The gas has very few side effects because it leaves the body very quickly once people stop breathing it. However, it appears from our previous research that the antidepressant effects of nitrous oxide may linger in the brain long after the drug is out of the body.”
vMj TIL That Sean Connery rejected the role of Gandalf, Morpheus, The Architect, and Austin Power’s father.
Ropj TIL in 2008 the Norwegian Government donated $1bn to help save the Amazon rainforest.