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TIL trees can stimulate cloud production in order to cool down by producing substances known as monoterpenes

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d841j TIL that Laika is not the first animal to travel into space. The title actually goes to a bunch of fruit flies aboard a V2 rocket launched in 1947. They were later recovered alive.
5YWgr TIL that the reigning Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues almost moved to Saskatoon in the 1980's
wLvGW TIL In 1976, President Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter debated, marking the first time in US history that a president had agreed to debate and only the second time that any televised debates had been held. The sound system failed, leaving Ford and Carter standing in silence for nearly half an hour
7rB07 TIL about Resin Canal Discolouration. While the fruit is still safe to eat, a bacteria causes the discolouration of the canals in the flesh of the mango.
xnRD TIL Suzanne Somers was fired from Three’s Company when she asked to be paid equally to costar John Ritter.