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TIL Oenothera drummondii (beach evening primrose) flowers respond to the specific frequency of flying bee sounds by producing sweeter nectar within 3 minutes

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4X9Mg TIL The film The Wolf of Wall Street was alleged by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to have been financed by money stolen from the Malaysian 1MDB sovereign wealth fund by producer Riza Aziz who pled not guilty to charges laid in July 2019.
wjN7 TIL: During filming of the Super Mario Bros. movie in 1992 Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo were so frustrated with the film’s lack of direction that they swilled scotch in between takes, leading to an on-set accident in which Leguizamo drunkenly crashed a truck and Hoskins broke his hand.
P17pE TIL illegitimate children of British monarchs and their heirs can have no legal claim to the throne, even if firstborn
j6XAQ TIL Silphium is an unidentified/extinct plant - the exact identity is unclear, highly debated - that was used as a contraceptive and an abortifacient by ancient Greeks and Romans. The plant was also used as seasoning, medicine, perfume, aphrodisiac.
LkX99 TIL of eight deaths related to ingesting liquid laundry packets (i.e. Tide Pods) in the U.S. between 2012 and early 2017 that have been reported to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, only two of the cases were actually children, with six of them being adults with dementia.