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TIL the "spots" on a giraffe are actually the yellow part

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Ry46 TIL Japanese scientists took some cherry tree seeds to space for 6 months. When returned to earth and planted, the trees first flowered 6 years earlier than expected with unfamiliar flowers. Scientists still don’t know why.
9wVN7 TIL that Pirates of the Caribbean as a franchise long predates the 2003 film. There are several amusement rides by that name in several different Disney parks, the first of which opened way back in 1967.
woN4W TIL of Charles Krauthammer who was paralyzed from a diving accident in his first year of medical school at Harvard. He went on to graduate & become a psychiatrist. He later became a speechwriter for Vice President Walter Mondale & later won the Pulitzer Prize for his Washington Post column
w1o1 TIL that the Rhinoceros Party of Canada, a satirical, federally registered political party in Canada, received 1.01% of the popular vote in the 1980 federal election campaigning to repeal the law of gravity and provide higher education by building taller schools, among other promises.
7rgrO TIL that Subway chicken was DNA tested by a Canadian firm and was found to only contain about 50% chicken, with much of the rest being soy filler.