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TIL fungi are genetically more closely related to animals than to plants.

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nWJa9 TIL that Duck Tape (duct tape, 100mph tape, speed tape, etc.) was originally invented to seal ammo boxes in WWII
9YeXX TIL: There are two seperate and incompatible power grids in Japan. East Japan (Tokyo) is powered by 50hz generators and West Japan (Osaka, Kyoto) is powered by 60hz. As early companies looked for AC current options, the east ordered their generators from Germany, the west ordered from America.
7a0x TIL that when doctors say they need something “stat”, it’s actually a shorter version of the Latin word “statim”, meaning immediately.
KYb4a TIL that In 2016, a 1.5 carat laboratory-grown diamond cost $10,600 and in early 2023, the price has dropped to $2,445 due to large production.
R7g6a TIL that there was extensive research into a cigarette that wasn’t as cancerous, but the project was scrapped just before mass production because of threats by another Tobacco company