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TIL that scientists use particle accelerators brighter than the sun to understand how plant roots can grow through hard ground, helping to engineer drought-resistant crops

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DQ7bv TIL: As many as 35,000 Connecticut building foundations are effected by bad cement mix containing pyrrhotite from specific mines in the area. The mineral expands with air and moisture that can take 20 years to appear and $200K+ to repair, forcing many into foreclosure.
Rne1 TIL Canadians rescue deer trapped on frozen lakes, by blowing them to the shore with helicopter downdraft.
e6m6 TIL there’s only one wild herd of West African Giraffes in the world.
NXZp8 TIL that the Georgia Guide Stones were likely made by a guy named Herbert H. Kersten, who was a physician from Fort Dodge, Iowa.
nWoaP TIL During early development the gonads of the [human] fetus remain undifferentiated; that is, all fetal genitalia are the same and are phenotypically female.