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TIL corpses are used as navigation and landmarks on Mount Everest

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b97l0 TIL Trees in forests have an underground communication and interaction system driven by fungal networks. “Mother trees” pass on information for best growth patterns and can divert nutrients to trees in need, and they are more likely to pass them on to trees of their own species.
x6MVk TIL that in 1601 Imperial Chaplain, St. Lawrence of Brindisi, led troops against the Ottoman Army during the Siege of Székesfehérvár wielding nothing but a crucifix. He was unharmed during the battle.
GYQeQ TIL that just over a century ago, people preferred to sleep in two shorter shifts at night rather than just have one long sleep.
D1OMr TIL that there's a type of snake (the sharp tailed snake) that eats slugs
VMb8Q TIL of the term Fellow Traveller, used to refer to people who sympathize with the ideology of an organization and cooperate with it, but are not members of it.