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TIL The spice saffron is approximately worth its weight in gold

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QNdEM TIL that flowers are actually the reproductive organs of certain plants (called angiosperms)
oBNxR TIL: In the '60s a researcher put 3 men who believed themselves to be Jesus in a support group together, and all three ended up believing the others were wrong and they were still Jesus and the others were robots after much arguing over their divinity
BK4y TIL Male Victims of Domestic Violence who call law enforcement for help are statistically more likely to be arrested themselves than their female partner- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH [PDF]
kJxwg TIL On the set of Jaws, Spielberg invited George Lucas to see the mechanical shark still in development. Lucas playfully stuck his head in its mouth, and Spielberg clamped it shut, leaving Lucas stuck. They snuck out of the workshop thinking they broke the contraption after eventually freeing him.
VBdrp TIL about the 1956 “Battle of Palmdale” an effort by the US Air Force to destroy an out of control target drone. Two jets fired 208 rockets at the propeller driven drone. Every one missed the target, started fires that burned 1000 acres, damaged homes and destroyed a pickup truck.