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TIL that chili peppers are spicy as a strategy to ensure that birds (which can't taste capsaicin) will spread their seeds far and wide and mammals will avoid eating them.

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yrNw TIL the wrestler Mick Foley became a fan of Tori Amos in 1993. After meeting her in 2008, he got involved in a group she started to aid abused women. He has volunteered extensively, fielding calls from women in difficult circumstances, and logged over 550 hours on the phone over an 18-month period.
NmQ1 TIL that William Shakespeare, wrote his own epitaph as a curse to ward off grave robbers. It reads, “Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare, To dig the dust enclosed here. Blessed be the man that spares these stones, And cursed be he that moves my bones.”
1aeGr TIL Researchers have crafted tiny wireless cameras that can be attached to beetles
1Ljr TIL the National Cancer Institute documented Cannabis killing cancer cells in numerous case studies.
ABon TIL Bob Marley was burried with his red Gibson Les Paul guitar, a Bible opened at Psalm 23, and a stalk of ganja placed there by his widow, Rita