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TIL that plants use arithmetic division to calculate the rate at which to use up starch at night

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p8jMN TIL Nobel Prize-Winning physicist Richard Feynman put himself on the FBI's Do Not Call list
WgwN TIL tetanus is NOT caused by the rust in rusty nails. The rough surface of rust merely provides the ideal habitat for the bacteria that causes tetanus.
jNbAR TIL of triplets Aliyah, Zarrea & Evan Medina from Massachusetts. They are a unique kind of triplets, with Aliyah & Zarrea as identical sisters & Evan their fraternal brother.
XEdor TIL Leonard Nimoy came up with the Vulcan neck pinch because he was tired of fight scenes and the Vulcan salute he created from his Jewish background.
Y7XXP TIL that gambling is analogous to a scarcity-related foraging behavior found in non-human species.