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TIL an enslaved boy discovered Vanilla Pollination

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W7vxA TIL that researchers raised a lung-bearing fish called the bichir entirely on land in order to study how its behavior and anatomy adapts, hoping to better understand the steps which led to the evolution of tetrapods
awxB9 TIL Maui, Hawaii has been named as the best island in the world for 20 consecutive years in the annual Conde Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards.
OkD4 TIL there is a book by Russian scientist Kirill Yeskov, which tells the tale of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings from Sauron’s perspective, and of the orcs retreat as they are pursued by elves in an attempt to exterminate them.
bNd9 TIL dolphins have been recorded having conversations in which they alter volume and frequency of pulsed clicks to form individual “words” which they string together into sentences in much the same way that humans speak. Each dolphin would listen to a sentence without interruption before replying.
XEdAR TIL that in the weeks following the 2001 September 11 attacks the children's act The Wiggles were one of the only groups that would perform in New York, which earned them loyalty and respect, as many acts cancelled.