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TIL The venus flytrap utilizes osmosis to change the shape and size of cells within the trap to trigger their rapid trap closure.

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wLBG7 TIL about Jolt Cola, created in the 1980s as a stimulant for students and young professionals with the slogan "All the sugar, twice the caffeine!"
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