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TIL Plant roots will grow towards artificially produced water sounds.

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b6Jlj TIL the original Baltimore Ravens logo was redesigned because the Ravens refused to give him an autographed helmet to it's creator.
9Z8p TIL kangaroo rats are so adapted to desert life that they can go their whole lives without a single drink of water.
VkjQ TIL that 49% of people with mental illness have no close relationships, while 13% have not been touched in at least a year. (The study was done by SANE Australia.)
OoyKY TIL: At the age of 7 and 8, future Argentinian serial killer Cayetano Godino was caught by police beating small children, but he was released and sent home due to his age. However, at age 10, his parents reported him to the police for masturbation, and he was jailed for 2 months for masturbating.
BrD4W TIL in Albania, a burrnesha, or sworn virgin, is a woman who takes an vow of chastity and to appear as a man to then be given many of the rights of men including inheriting their family's wealth.