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TIL the Nine-banded armadillos, the only armadillo species found in America always gives birth to identical quadruplets.

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aAMb TIL that the scientist Linnaeus proposed a flower clock based on the characteristic times of petal openings and closings for various species of flowers. If such a garden was built, it would be possible to tell the time of day just by looking out in the garden!
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