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TIL that figs are carnivorous and get pollinated by "eating" fig wasps who mistake female figs or male figs.

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mxZax TIL Research shows that developing resilience and fighting back against anxiety can be a matter of "unlearning learned helplessness."
BrvXD TIL that the last casualty of the Civil War was the death of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, who after being wounded Battle of Petersburg in 1864 "lingered" until he finally died of his war wounds in 1914. Between his wounding and death he won the medal of honor and was elected Governor of Maine.
EgZnp TIL in 1933 'stereo records' invented by Alan Dower Blumlein. Sadly, Blumlein did not live to see the lasting impact his many innovations had. He was killed on 7 June 1942, when the Halifax bomber he was flying in crashed during a trial of the H2S radar system. He was 38.
neYd9 TIL that tattoos can be non-vegan, because they use bone char, gelatin, glycerin and shellac in their inks.
WkPDA TIL Bill Cosby in 1969 was given a “Man of the Year” award in which in his acceptance speech the comedian "proposed changing the name of the annual honor" to "the nice guy as far as we know" award.