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TIL each trap on a Venus Flytrap plant can only close about ten times before dying.

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ZmyQ TIL that the term ‘sour grapes’ originates from the Aesop’s fable “The Fox and the Grapes” (620–564 BCE), in which a fox, unable to reach grapes he is seeking, decides that they must have been sour. The moral that accompanies the story is that “any fool can despise what he can not get”.
DnKV TIL that in 2011, in response to a bill prohibiting Tennessee school teachers from alluding to homosexuality, George Takei offered his last name in lieu of the word “gay”, e.g. “Takei Marriage”, “Takei Pride Parade”, and even “That’s so Takei”
Y7grZ TIL After his Apollo moon landing, Charlie Duke experienced marriage troubles. Duke and his wife underwent a religious conversion, leading to their creationist belief that everything in the universe was created by a God
eplJL TIL that all carnivorous mammals can be divided into "cat-like" or "dog-like".
d8VpQ TIL The Incredibles takes place in the 1960's