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TIL That Saffron is literally worth its weight in gold
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TIL there is a vine that will climb plants and mimic the shape and look of the leaves of their host plant. It can do this without even having to make contact with the plant
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TIL of the myth of superabundance, which is the belief that no matter how many natural resources humanity uses, the planet will continuously replenish the supply
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TIL a city in Sweden uses light therapy in bus stops to combat depression during winter when 19 hours of the day are darkness
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TIL that the Romans published a daily gazette called the Acta Diurna. It contained major events, births and deaths. It was either inscribed in stone or metal or painted in black on white walls called Albums. This practice was initiated by Julius Caesar and lasted from 59 BC to 222 AD.
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TIL: Of Dilsey Pope a woman of colour from Columbus, Georgia, who owned her husband as a slave. During an argument she sold her husband to a neighbour, when she was ready to reconcile he wouldn't sell him back.