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TIL Hydrangea flowers are a naturally occurring pH indicator, turning pink in basic soil and blue in acidic soil

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LQyn9 TIL Legendary Wild West gambler and gun man Doc Holliday was convinced he would be killed in a shootout with his boots on. Instead he lay dying of tuberculosis in a hospital, asked the nurse for a shot of whisky which she denied, looked down at his bootless feet, said "This is funny" and died.
PGbg TIL, the US Navy retired its nuclear cruisers because it was cheaper than to refuel them
LQxBQ TIL that crab sticks are not made from crabs.
D1jRr TIL The nudibranch species Elysia marginata has the ability to decapitate itself and regrow a new body from the head in order to get rid of parasites.
8ONX TIL that in 1787 a large shark was caught in the Thames river, and when the contents of its stomach was examined it included a watch, silver chain and seal that had belong to a British sailor who had been lost at sea, but was originally from Shoreditch.