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TIL in 2022 study, it show that domesticated betta fish are able to change their gender due to their DMR1 genome.

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oZRR TIL Cinderella has been in almost every culture even back to ancient Egypt.
rNRPx TIL that In 1959, Turkish Prime Minister at that time had plane crash while on his way to London to sign the London Agreement on the Cyprus issue, survived from the wreckage and signed the agreement in hospital some days later.
9Y5om TIL that Maltese is derived from a form of Sicilian Arabic.
NXLoM TIL Venus Fly Traps are exclusively found in the wild in the Carolina states, specifically around the Carolina Bays, and due to poaching for export/resale and inability to clear underbrush that eventually smothers the low-dwelling carnivorous plants, they are now endangered.
1n87 TIL that Roger Corman, low-budget B movie director, helped kick start the careers of Martin Scorsese, James Cameron, Francis Ford Coppola, and Ron Howard. He reportedly told Howard, “If you do a good job on this film, you’ll never have to work for me again”.