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TIL when presented with nutrients arranged in the pattern of Japanese cities around Tokyo, brainless, single-celled slime molds construct networks of nutrient-channeling tubes that are strikingly similar to the layout of the Japanese rail system

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W7Ya4 TIL that dingoes were brought to Australia by humans around 4,000 years ago, and are actually an ancient breed of domestic dog
9wMpQ TIL that there’s at least one parasitic plant that mimics the host plant it is feeding off of — even if that “plant” is fake. The mechanism of this remains unsolved. “Plant sight” via its epidermis cells is considered one possibility.
b6rB4 TIL United airlines promised to help a blind woman off a plane once everyone had gotten off but they just left her there and the maintenance crew had to help her out
BreZd TIL that the only difference between a caribou and a reindeer is that caribou are wild and reindeer are domesticated.
pNZA TIL German toilets are specially designed to prevent splashback and allow you to inspect your poop.