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TIL Trees talk with each other using electronical impulses
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TIL Cats do not need to blink on a regular basis to keep their eyes lubricated. Unblinking eyes are probably an advantage when hunting. Cats will, however, squint their eyes, usually as a form of communication expressing affection and ease around another cat or human.
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TIL that the father of Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat and Fugazi singer) was in the presidential motorcade when JFK was assassinated
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TIL that 6174 is called the Kaprekar Constant after Indian Mathematician D.R. Kaprekar. No matter which four digit number you start with (as long as it is not identical), you will always end up at 6174 in a maximum of seven iterations.
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TIL that John “Chickie” Donohue, a merchant marine from New York City snuck into the war zone in Vietnam in the ’60s to DELIVER BEER to his three enlisted buddies from back home. It is known as the GREATEST BEER RUN EVER and has a documentary made about it.
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TIL that, the father of Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos, was a vice president of ENRON, another company that committed fraud.