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TIL When bitten by caterpillars, plants send Chemical SOS signals to parasitic wasps that attack the caterpillars.

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kORw4 TIL that a baby elephant struck by a motorbike while crossing a road in Thailand survived after an off-duty rescue worker performed CPR on it. The man had worked in rescue for 26 years and performed dozens of CPR attempts on humans, but the elephant was the first victim he had ever managed to revive
ZpXJG TIL that in 2017, CBS and NBC put an ad on New York Times claiming they're the most watched network in US, at the same day in just 3 pages apart
xVXQ1 TIL that a Norwegian 10 year old once took his 18 month old sister on a trip to his grandparents in his parents car. 10km down the road he ended up in a ditch and when police turned up he claimed to be a dwarf!
RvJ4 TIL that a memorial tree planted in memory of George Harrison was killed by beetles.
aJbZ TIL, as of May 2014, the four largest wireless operators in the US will have a “Text-to-911” service intended for people with speech/hearing disability, as well as cases where a voice call might otherwise be dangerous.