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TIL: Plants can get viruses which are primarily spread by insects

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4wG5 TIL that Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days in 1926. 1,000 officers and 15,000 volunteers searched for her until she was found in a hotel, registered under a different name.
p8ggO TIL about Hijra, a historically-accepted third gender in South Asia
4K7w TIL that Anthony Lane, a film critic for the New Yorker, once began reviewing ‘Contact’ (1997) and noted it “v. gloomy,” “odd noir look for sci-fi,” “creepy shadows in outdoor scene,” before realizing he had forgotten to take off his sunglasses.
VMPJp TIL during the Korean War, American and Greek soldiers at Outpost Harry defended against multiple Chinese assaults of far greater numbers. At times being outnumbered 30:1, massive artillery bombardments and intense hand-to-hand fighting were daily occurrences. The Chinese failed to take the outpost.
9YKd7 TIL King County, WA, changed the "King" it was named after from William Rufus DeVane King, a slaveowner, to Martin Luther King Jr. in 1986.