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TIL the smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.

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KOnmE TIL the Kereru (NZ Wood Pigeon) at one time of the year fills its crop with berries while they ferment, gets drunk and falls out of trees making it easy to catch for food (it's protected now).
78JX TIL North Korea dug tunnels into South Korea to create a way to invade with out having to go through the DMZ.
aBL9 TIL A Spanish judge has ruled that women can be charged more for driving lessons because “men were better drivers”
rNEk4 TIL Animals can experience time differently from humans. To smaller animals, the world around them moves more slowly compared to humans. Salamanders and lizards, for example, experience time more slowly than cats and dogs.
nWGYG TIL The Strauss–Howe Generational Theory. The Theory states that a crisis recurs in American history after every saeculum (85 years), which is followed by a recovery. 85 years ago was the invasion of Poland and the beginning of WW2.