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TIL Synesthesia: Mystery of God’s Creation

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Bgg4e TIL about Pseudomonas syringae, a plant pathogen capable of nucleating ice on plants which is responsible for the formation of snow and hailstorms that can be used used to make artificial snow.
R0Ja TIL a woman lost her wedding ring, went to the extent of de-tiling her floor to find it. 16 years later while gardening, she pulled a carrot out of the ground and found the ring perfectly around it.
4XyLX TIL that during the Continuation War the Finnish Army used the Säkkijärven Polkka to disarm radio-controlled mines
nWkpY TIL In 1982, Cartoonist Gary Larson invented the name "Thagomizer" (The four spikes at the end of the tail on a Stegosarus Dinosaur) as a joke in his comic strip The Far Side, and it was gradually adopted as an informal term sometimes used within scientific circles, research, and education.
neW5B TIL We Live Closer to the Time of Tyrannosaurus Rex than They Lived to Stegosaurus. 65 Million Years Separate Us from T-Rex Whilst 83 Million Years Separate T-Rex From Stegosaurus