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TIL about parthenogenesis: that certain species can reproduce without contribution from a male

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R5xpQ TIL in the mid-1800s, a snail spent nearly four years glued to a specimen card in the British Museum before scientists realized it was still alive.
VBNMG TIL Stephen King never cashed the $5,000 check that Frank Darabont paid him in 1987 for the rights to adapt his novella 'Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption'. Eventually, King had the check framed and returned it to Darabont with a note that read, "In case you ever need bail money. Love, Steve."
gr1Ob TIL that Trace Adkins cut off his own pinky while trying to open a bucket with a knife; he had doctors put it on at an angle so he could still play guitar. (Also in a separate incident his second ex-wife shot him through his heart and lungs, somehow he survived)
neAbY TIL 12 years British PM William Gladstone loved chopping trees down with axes. 1,000s would gather to watch him, and he was still felling in his mid 80s.
9V1m TIL Warner Bros. spent $10 million on a “Mr. Limpet” remake starring Jim Carrey only to abandon the project when the animation tests were deemed “horrifying”