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TIL the octopus stinkhorn, or devil's fingers, is a non-poisonous fungus found all over the world. The starfish-shaped fruiting body emerges vertically and spreads out, making the gleba accessible to insects which facilitate the distribution of spores. Mature stinkhorns smell like rotting flesh.

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o4Er TIL the condoms supplied by The World Health Care Organization (WHO) to India are too big for over 60 percent of indian penises, making condom malfunctions occur 20% of the time.
KY9dw TIL That a Mexican salamander, the Axolotl, has an amazing regenerative ability. They can regenerate entire limbs, or even inner organs, such as parts of their brain, spinal cord or heart. New science is studying this ability to maybe help people who has suffered limb loss in the future.
ne9bB TIL Opossums are only pregnant for 11-13 days and they can give birth to over 20 babies.
9YNpB TIL that throughout each of Quentin Tarantino’s productions, he would have his actors turn to the camera and say “Hello, Sally!” as a nod to Sally Menke, who’d edited every one of his films until she passed away in 2010.
w1P7 TIL: The former ambassador of Zaire (now Dem. Congo) to Poland, was found penniless - living in the Warsaw railway station, being attacked by other homeless people (in 1994)