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TIL the Venus Fly Trap and Mimosa plants are susceptible to anesthesia

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do7j Today I learned that, after surviving a 5-story fall and coming back up the stairs to see his wife screaming, a drunk Russian man then jumped back off the balcony, surviving again
wLD0P TIL on the 19th of March 2016, the oldest known living land-animal the Giant Tortoise Jonathan (184) received its first bath in recorded history.
Bwwk TIL In under 20 years the Aral Sea has shrunk to ten percent of its original size and is so salty that barely any life form remains. The Russians were taught to believe that the sea was an “error of nature” and therefore pointless
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