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TIL when a caterpillar is eating a tobacco plant, the plant sends out a chemical distress call that attracts predators of the caterpillar

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XkPD TIL that Social Media has overtaken Porn as the #1 activity on the web since 2008
dakj TIL that oysters change their sex up to four times a year.
p8mEZ TIL In a medical first, a mother who received a uterus transplant from a dead donor gave birth to a healthy baby. After five months of the transplant, the uterus showed no sign of rejection, ultrasound scans were normal, and the woman was menstruating regularly. The fertilised eggs were implanted.
o15E TIL, without permission, test pilot Tex Johnson did a barrel roll in a prototype 707 during a first look at a an air show with a lot of potential customers in attendance. When his boss called him into his office and said “What the hell were you doing?”, he replied “Selling Airplanes.”.
E1Oow TIL about Anthony Ervin, a swimmer who won a gold medal at the 2000 Olympics, retired at 22, begun abusing drugs, at one moment being hardly able to raise from a sofa for days on end. In 2011 he got back into swimming, and at the 2016 Olympics became the oldest swimmer to win a gold medal.