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TIL that the Bucket Orchid flower attracts orchid bees with a scent, & traps them in their “bucket”, the only escape is through a space where the flower grips the bee and glues pollen packets to their back to produce more bucket orchids.

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nrdB TIL A budgie named Puck is listed in the Guinness World Book of Records as “The bird with the largest vocabulary in the world ” with a vocabulary of 1728 words. Also he wouldn’t just mimic, he would often create his own phrases and sentences.
d8vQ7 TIL the US Navy wanted to turn Wisconsin into the world's largest antenna
4XXMa TIL many shoe stores used to have unshielded x-ray devices, used to measure kids’ shoe fit
yQl5V TIL in 2016, Shabani, a male Gorilla at a Japanese zoo received worldwide attention when women started flocking to see him as they thought him to be extremely handsome and manly. The crowds of women yelling his name made him so uncomfortable, zoo staff had to put up signs telling them to stop
MePeW TIL that if you were born between August 17, 1966 and August 1, 1991 Pluto spent more time as the 8th farthest planet than the 9th farthest planet during your lifetime.