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TIL that Venus flytrap is named so, because it resembles female genitalia

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VMKW4 TIL Of the metronome of Leningrad. During the Nazi siege of the city they installed 1,500 loudspeakers that constantly played the sound of a metronome. A slow rhythm meant safety and a fast rhythm warned of an air attack.
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