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TIL that Texas has its own independent electrical grid disconnected from the rest of the US because Texas.

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gr1ab TIL During the pandemic, Hollywood actors/actresses "got" together to create a home movie remake of The Princess Bride on Youtube.
DQXAe TIL about the Boquila trifoliolata, also called the chameleon vine. It is the only plant known to engage in mimetic polymorphism, it can mimic the leaves of multiple host plants. Once the vines approach a host tree, the leaves begin to change their size, shape, color,... to match the host plant
ne6OG TIL when you involuntarily yell over loud noise, that’s an example of the Lombard effect (the involuntary tendency of speakers to increase their vocal effort when speaking in loud noise to enhance the audibility of their voice).
MeXmm TIL the mutant heroine, Kitty Pryde was named by comic book artist John Byrne in honor of a former classmate to whom he'd promised to name his first original comic character after.
OoQm6 TIL that the Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man was created for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta