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TIL that plants 'listen' to find sources of water

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ANkyn TIL of Abraham Leeman, shipwrecked off Australia in 1658, travelled 2500 km then walked the full length of the south coast of Java through jungle and marauding tigers to finally arrive in Batavia after 5 arduous months
m1aPM TIL lobsters pee out of their faces to communicate
bD1N TIL a man has invented a machine to convert plastic back into oil