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TIL that the Corpse Flower is incredibly pungent, and only blooms for 24 hours every 10 years.

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4g7b TIL that German chocolate cake isn’t German; it’s named after an American chocolate maker named Sam German who developed the dark chocolate originally used in the recipe.
WyjX TIL A Dog’s anal glands sometimes need to be manually emptied to avoid discomfort. A sign of discomfort is a dog chasing its tail or dragging its posterior on the ground.
x6pLo TIL that During World War II, the Quaker Oats company , through its subsidiary the Q. O. Ordnance Company, operated the Cornhusker Ordnance Plant as a government-owned, contractor-operated 11,960-acre site that manufactured millions of pieces of various artillery munitions.
VB6Ok TIL that actor Ross Hull (Are You Afraid Of The Dark?) has worked as a weather anchor since 2005.
D1V5D TIL "The day of two noons,” November 18, 1883, when people were required to stop what they were doing and reset their clocks anywhere from two to thirty minutes in the adoption of standard time zones.