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TIL freshly cut grass smells the way it does because it’s a shriek of dispair

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jLka TIL Charles Darwin & Joseph Hooker started the world’s first terraforming project on Ascension Island in 1850. The project has turned an arid volcanic wasteland into a self sustaining and self reproducing ecosystem made completely of foreign plants from all over the world.
b9vK0 TIL that an anonymous Brit drew penises around potholes in Manchester to force authorities to stop delaying fixing them. It worked
R5wv7 TIL a NYC man won two $10 million prizes on two different scratch-offs that he purchased from the same shop just over a year apart.
1ajrP TIL Alpine Swifts can fly for 6 months without landing once
nekvG TIL of Derek Amato, who after a head injury, was diagnosed with Acquired Musical Savant Syndrome, and suddenly could play expert level piano. When asked during an interview to perform a simple song, “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”. He attempted, struggled, and gave up.