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TIL about Agnes Denes who in 1982 planted a two-acre field of golden wheat over a landfill in lower Manhattan, two blocks from Wall Street and overlooking World Trade Center and Statue of Liberty

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LkgBd TIL of Adactylidium, a type of mite known for its unusual life cycle. The pregnant female grows 5-8 females and 1 male in her body. The male then impregnates the females while still in the mother. The females then eat their way out of their mother, and the male dies shortly after.
5l9r TIL Reddit’s ranking system. “The first 10 upvotes count as high as the next 100. E.g. a story that has 10 upvotes and a story that has 50 upvotes will have a similar ranking”
RL1l TIL Vatican officials are changing the way they think about same sex couples. They are telling the Catholic Church to “welcome gays”
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