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TIL 🌿 Plants can ‘hear’ running water and will grow roots toward the source of the sound

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b9ArN TIL Courtroom sketches became popular in the earlier 20th century due to a general prohibition of cameras in the courtroom. Artists are able to sketch scenes in just minutes, often from memory. Despite most courtrooms now allowing cameras, sketch art is still in demand today.
RN8l TIL In 2007, according to a Harvard research group, 62% of all bankruptcies in the US were caused by medical problems (this number was closer to 8% in 1981). Of those bankruptcies, 60% had private insurance.
X0O6P TIL that male reindeer shed antlers before the winter, don't regrow them until spring(northern hemisphere), but female reindeer keep them during winter.
BrlPx TIL that Willem Dafoe has been acting in movies every year since 1982. He still has a bunch of filming projects lined up for 2021.
8QdG TIL that YouTube “freezes” the view count at 301 when videos start getting lots of views. The real numbers are posted once all the traffic to the video is verified as genuine.