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TIL Police found a man wearing a rucksack full of rocks who had been shot in the head, put into a sack, and fastened with cable ties before he hit the water. The death was ruled a suicide.

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5Vo6R TIL a rose bush can change color due to grafting. Often, any color of rose is grafted onto a hardier rootstock, like the Dr. Huey variety. The grafted bush can die, and the rootstock grows again and produces a dark red rose, no matter what color the bush was before.
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