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TIL that plastic-eating mushrooms could save the world

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epBe5 TIL Roman concrete's durability is a result of hot mixing, which creates lime clasts that "self-heal" cracks whenever they are exposed to water.
G9WE TIL that mango plants are pretty much poison ivy with bits of deliciousness attached.
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