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TIL about Rhizanthella gardneri, the orchid that flowers entirely beneath the soil surface, with its blooms never emerging above ground

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j4gM TIL Richard Feynman was arrested while working on the Manhattan Project for playing pranks on military guards using a hole in the security fence. And safe-cracking.
1aWy7 TIL Thomas Paine enlisted and briefly served as a privateer, which was basically a state sanctioned pirate.
AD6wd TIL in 1913 Bulgaria went to war against its own allies from the First Balkans War, facing off against a combined strength double its own. Unsurprisingly, it failed.
4XnXo TIL that the ‘Lamborghini’ of Chicken is this black bird from Indonesia. Not only are its feathers and skin black, but also its muscles, bones and all its internal organs.
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