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TIL Plant roots will grow towards artificially produced water sounds.

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E1JPP TIL not many people know about the largest bomb ever detonated. About 15x stronger than the nukes used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I'd like to introduce you all to the Tsar Bomba. King of bombs.
EbYV TIL a cheetah named Sarah holds the record for the fastest 100-meter sprint in the world with 5.95 seconds.
ANRW7 TIL that Disney tried to change the film "Dead Poets Society" to be about dancing instead of poetry, and to rename it "Sultans of Swing".
6EXE7 TIL Bill Gates accidentally got into philanthropy after he and his wife accidentally came across extremely impoverished people while they were sight seeing. He now says philanthropy is the "best job in the world."
78k4M TIL that in the record setting $2million dollar (before inflation) boxing match between Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney, they swapped referees to stop Al Capone from trying to rig the match.