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TIL some trees have a sex.

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4kVjb TIL after Hiroshima, the US pledged to destroy all nuclear weapons if one organization was permitted to control all nuclear material and mining operations on Earth under the Baruch Plan
a8AmA TIL, Because of their contribution to World War II the generation of people to be born in 1901-1927 are called "The Greatest Generation"
v1y7j TIL that horseshoe crabs have blue blood which has the ability to respond to bacteria in a way like no other creature on Earth.
8epaG TIL "Cute aggression" or the urge to squeeze cute animals or babies is the brain’s coping mechanism to temper the onslaught of positive feelings. Because if you find yourself incapacitated by how cute a baby is—so much so that you simply can't take care of it—that baby is going to starve.
x6O55 TIL that in 1950, the Italian town of Colobraro declared itself “the town of the living dead” after a local curse and started wearing white sheets at night to protect themselves from misfortune.