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TIL The smell of freshly cut grass is actually the scent that plants release when in distress.

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pY7x4 TIL, palm trees are not trees; but a type of grass. A palm tree does not create rings as it grows – it’s yearly growth isn’t marked on the tree a palm tree does not grow bark – it’s basically the same on the inside as the outside
WkpBo TIL Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev gifted US President John F Kennedy a dog called Pushinka during the cold war. She later on had puppies; which Kennedy referred to as "the pupniks".
l7P57 TIL a North Korean cargo vessel was attacked by Somali pirates, and a USA Naval Vessel came to North Korea’s rescue for a joint US + North Korean victory.
oXxA TIL that to protect themselves from police and male vigilantes during protests, groups of suffragettes began practicing ju-jitsu and armed themselves with clubs hidden in their dresses. They were nicknamed “Amazons” by the press.
8Wja TIL: Einstein explained Relativity as “When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute—and it’s longer than any hour. That’s relativity.”