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TIL that both Sting and Ray Liotta actually voiced their own characters in Bee Movie

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MeJEV TIL that some plants such as trees are able to communicate with each-other through fungi networks around their roots, and that certain plants can exhibit a form of memory. These, among other things, suggest that plants could have a form of intelligence.
YpM7v Today I learned Willie Nelson has played the same guitar,“Trigger” for 50 years. It has been signed by friends, family, lawyers, and Johnny Cash. It was his last remaining possession twice. Willie has played it at over 10,000 shows and he gets it repaired every year at the same shop in Austin,TX
eRlE TIL John Lennon had terrible stage fright, so bad that he would vomit right before every public performance.
N7M58 TIL that opossums are great at reducing the tick population in a given area. Scientists estimate that a single opossum can kill about 5,000 ticks in a single season.
1aoZr TIL about Henry VIII's "eavesdrop" figures: he has creepy statues built onto ceiling beams to warn against gossip or dissension and foster paranoia