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TIL Bell didnt discover the Telephone first

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bWB4 TIL Some species of bamboo flower only once every 120 years, and they do it at exactly the same moment worldwide regardless of climate or location, then die.
4XMEJ TIL of Franceska Mann, a Jewish ballerina who was sent to Auschwitz. She reportedly stripped down to nothing but high heels outside of a gas chamber, then stabbed an SS guard in the eye with a heel, grabbed his pistol, shot and killed another SS guard, and wounded a third.
N7w0b TIL Bees, butterflies, and other insects are under attack by the very plants they feed on as U.S. agriculture continues to use chemicals known to kill.
OowKY TIL Animated series Captain Pugwash was believed to have featured characters with risqué names such as Master Bates, Seaman Staines and Roger the Cabin Boy. They were actually Master Mate, Tom the Cabin Boy, and Pirates Barnabas and Willy. Two British newspapers were successfully sued for the error.
16wmX TIL the story of the film “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly” was improvised in a meeting. After the Italian director had a meeting with American movie executives, they asked him what film he had in mind, and in the span of a couple minutes, they quickly improvised the whole entire story of the film.