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TIL: Tomato plants fertilized with human urine produce up to four times more fruit and had higher levels of beta-carotene & protein than traditional fertilizers.

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4nVR TIL in 1969, a store manager in Sydney, Australia was arrested by a Vice Squad for displaying a poster image of Michelangelo’s masterpiece David because the statue depicts David nude.
8eRZ4 TIL people will implant magnets into their fingertips. Nerves grow around the magnet as the skin heals. The magnet pushes against magnetic fields produced by electronic devices in the surrounding area, giving a “sixth sense” of magnetic vision.
9wNPM TIL that the discovery of viruses started from a mysterious disease that affected tobacco crops in the Netherlands at the end of 1800s. A Dutch microbiologist named Beijerinck proved that filtrated sap from plants was still infectious, and called it "contagious, living fluid".
DQNvr TIL Ubisoft released a series of games for the Nintendo DS and Wii called "My Coach", meant to "developing projects that make people feel that playing games is worth their while, learn a new skill or improve their daily lives", according to the series producer Pauline Jacquey.
DQ5vD TIL Amanda Coker biked 86,573 miles in one year (eq. to circling the earth 3.5 times) - 2 years after recovering from brain and spinal injuries.