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TIL that some plants caffeinate their nectar because it helps bees remember where they are

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19pP TIL that men tend to overestimate women’s sexual intent. This is an adaptive bias in order to have the least amount of missed sexual opportunities
4xvX TIL In 1942, hundreds of skeletons were found around an obscure high altitude lake in India. The skeletons were the remains of a 9th century AD party killed by a freak hail storm.
gnML TIL common duct tape isn’t designed to be used in actual ductwork.
awyJ TIL that it is possible to walk from US soil to Russian soil from December to June as an ice bridge forms between the Diomede islands
XE1WQ TIL that SETI scientists believed that the chances for finding intelligent extraterrestrial life were far greater than initially expected, since Earth developed two intelligent species - humans, and dolphins.