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TIL that peppers are hot to repel mammals, which damage seeds, but allow birds to spread the seeds because birds are immune to spicy capsaicin

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valr TIL that America has a set of giant stone slabs, etched with “rules” for post-apocalyptic humanity in many different languages. It can be used to chart the sun and stars, and warns against “petty laws and useless officials”. No one knows who funded creation of the monument.
QNKvX TIL thermal and night vision sniper scopes are illegal in California
R5m7 TIL that during filming of Schindler’s List, a survivor of the concentration camp in Płaszów Poland met actor Ralph Fiennes, who played Nazi captain Amon Goeth; she began to shake uncontrollably at the sight of him because he was so convincing; Goeth was responsible for tens of thousands of deaths
ADbLa TIL carnivorous pitcher plants’ orifice features a prolonged concave structure which acts as a multidirectional ultrasound reflecting bats’ echolocation calls
orv8 TIL Charles Manson identified himself early on as a Scientologist and even used some ideology from Scientology as a way to get his first followers.