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TIL that ancient Japanese poets would engage in rap battle like sessions to display their wit and skill

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PwGV TIL that through the process of grafting (splicing trees together by hand), you can grow multiple kinds of fruit on the same tree. These trees are called ‘fruit salad trees’.
5w08 TIL that due to their small brains koalas are unable to perform complex, unfamiliar tasks such as eat leaves off of flat surfaces.
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v1xD8 TIL of the Lululemon murder. The victim Jayna Murray was great and stabbed at least 322 times and the medical examiner said she was likely for most of it. She had 107 defensive wounds alone. The murderer killed her because she got caught stealing a pair of pants.