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TIL Venus flytraps are only found in North and South Carolina (within 100 miles of Wilmington NC), and nowhere else in the world.

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W7JA9 TIL that virtually all of the ice in the biosphere is known as Ice I. At higher pressures though, there are 19 known different phases of ice.
d8mj TIL that praising kids for their intelligence may actually stifle their progress. Instead, they should be praised for their effort.
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