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TIL that plants 'listen' to find sources of water

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QZZ6 TIL that in California and 3 other US states, “Ladies’ Night” are against the law because they are gender discrimination
xVGlb TIL that Tolkien's dislike of Snow White led him to prohibit the Disney studio from ever producing his works
BgBPb TIL the Reverend Wilbert Awdry invented some stories about trains as a way of entertaining his son who had measles, one of the trains was called Thomas the Tank Engine
DkMj TIL Classical marble statues used to be painted in color; although they have faded to blank whiteness, we can use UV light to see the original textures
9YKrD TIL that a 'basket case' was coined in WWI to describe a soldier who had lost his limbs in battle and was carried out 'in a basket'