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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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p8J0Z TIL that the oysters in Chesapeake Bay used to be able to filter the entire volume of water in 3 days. This process now takes nearly a year.
v7MK TIL that turning your body into a tree once you die and having forests instead of traditional cemeteries is an upcoming burial method.
PYQlL TIL about Agent 355. This was the code name of a female spy during the American Revolution she was very capable with everything from deception to weapons of that time. She was one of the first spies for the United States, but her real identity is unknown
DpeD TIL Kurt Vonnegut tried to sue a Tobacco company because the packaging promised to kill him and he was 83 years old and they had not fulfilled this promise yet.
R8J6 TIL Back in the 80s there was a service called Video Mailbox which allowed movie rentals through the mail to customers who paid a monthly fee with no late fees where they could set up a queue, and that had almost every movie available on VHS