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

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l4QK TIL of the My Lai Massacre, where a company of American soldiers killed over 500 civilians of My Lai on March 16, 1968. The incident was covered up for over a year and only one man was convicted.
7RA7 TIL Ravens are one of few wild animals who are playful. They even make their own toys and play games with otters and wolves.
VMwJp TIL that people who believe Osama Bin Laden is still alive are more likely than most to believe Osama Bin Laden was already dead before the raid. Believing a conspiracy theory makes you more likely to believe other conspiracy theories, even if they are directly contradictory.
7QgP TIL In 1992, a man in Texas was sent to death row for murdering his kids by arson. He was executed by lethal injection in 2004. In 2009, through advances in technology, it was found that the fire was likely accidental. According to an expert, “There was no item of evidence that indicated arson.”
XE51D TIL spiked dog collars don't only "look cool", they originated from actual sharp spiked wolf collars used to protect shepherd dogs from wolf attaks.