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TIL experiments found that the colors of light reflected on crops while growing can affect their products: tomatoes grown over red mulch had 20% higher yield, carrots grown over yellow mulch had higher concentrations of beta carotene, "far-red" light increased the lengths of cotton fibers, and more.

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a8EkM TIL about Inspector Closeau, the world’s only known pink manta ray, first discovered in 2015 in waters off of Australia and named for the detective in the Pink Panther series
Dn6P TIL More than 20M people are living in slavery today, more than at any time in history and Walk Free is an organization aiming to help end it this generation by conducting researches and creating awareness with social media.
PY6pE TIL in October 1966, a soldier named Nguyen Van Leong, of South Vietnam, had an unexploded motor shell lodge in his chest, he was carried into the U.S. Navy Hospital, utmost precaution was used, the operation was a success, he survived & the bomb did not explode
0Dx5 TIL of John Deydras, a clerk who claimed to be the real King Edward II, but swapped as babies. He attempted to claim a palace and challenged Edward to single combat. At his trial, he confessed to making it up and blamed his cat, which had been possessed by the devil. Both he and the cat were hanged.
x6vW5 TIL Diogenes was a Greek philosopher who was known for living in a ceramic jar, disrupting Plato's lessons by eating loudly, urinating on people who insulted him, and pointing his middle finger at random people.