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TIL trees can communicate underground via a network of fungi called “Wood Wide Web” where they exchange information and nutrients.

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W7vj9 TIL only 20% of Hong Kongers support independence
XR1E TIL that Starbucks’ round tables were created specifically so customers would feel less alone.
Mr8A TIL that the 1977 University of Evansville Men’s Basketball Team was killed in a plane crash. One player didn’t make the trip due to an illness. He was killed in a car wreck 2 weeks later.
7rdmX TIL we all have blind spots in our vision. Cover your left eye in this vision test to "see it" yourself.
9wOB7 TIL the white sushi rolls (ex California Roll) is an inside-out sushi roll called "uramaki" and it was invented in N. America by Japanese chef, Ichiro Machita in LA, in the 60s as a way to introduced people outside of Japan to sushi, bc the seaweed on the outside was not as appealing to non-Japanese