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TIL Photosynthesis is most likely so efficient because plants evolved to use quantum mechanics, like superposition, to aid in efficient energy transfer. The same concepts we are struggling to utilise to make better computers today.

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wLpWP TIL In Spanish, the word for manliness (la hombría) is feminine
9YR76 TIL about "Homegrown National Park," an effort to encourage Americans to plant as many native plants as possible everywhere on their property to help bring back the continent's biodiversity
AdLo TIL that 80% of French bulldog litters require artificial insemination and caesarean section to give birth. This is because many males are incapable of breeding due to slim hips that make them unable to mount the female.
OoDKX TIL that the people on house hunters already bought a house before the show and the rest is staged
Rlw7 TIL that indoor air pollution kills more people than AIDS and malaria combined.