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Jul 22, 2020

TIL ecologist Suzanne Simard discovered that trees use underground fungi networks to communicate and share resources, uprooting the idea that nature constantly competes for survival.

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May 31, 2020

TIL that due to the structure of Planet Earth, there are actually subterranean mountains some 410 miles down below the surface, with some being taller than Mount Everest.

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Apr 22, 2020

Today I learned that trees are able to communicate with other trees through chemical, hormonal and slow-pulsing electrical signals, and can communicate through the air with pheromones and other scents. They will also help other struggling trees by sending them nutrients through their roots.

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Mar 25, 2020

TIL when the Grand Canyon divided the local squirrel population, they evolved into two different species. Despite being separated only by the Colorado River and remaining extremely similar in appearance, they are now so genetically incompatible that they can no longer interbreed.

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Feb 07, 2020

TIL that you absolutely can pick up baby birds and their parents will not reject them as a result.

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Dec 05, 2019

TIL that during WWI, there was limited supplies of cotton, so doctors used sphagnum moss for bandages. It can hold 22x its own weight in liquid and is a natural antiseptic.

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Sep 29, 2019

TIL - A symbiotic fungus can turn regular pine trees into carnivorous plants that consume up to 90% of soil-dwelling insects the fungus-infected roots can reach for their nitrogen, which the trees use for growth

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Sep 08, 2019

TIL less than 100,000 giraffes are left in the wild. In the last 30 years populations have dropped 40%. In the last 10 years 40,000 Giraffe parts have been imported to the USA. Giraffes are facing ‘silent extinction’.

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Jun 17, 2019

TIL it is a myth that adult birds abandon their young if handled by humans as birds have a very poor sense of smell.

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Jun 06, 2019

TIL that female vampire bats share food with others in a complex lending system, where those that share regularly get more food and those that get but don't give food are punished by the group.

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