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TIL that the largest living organism on Earth is not a blue whale or an elephant, but actually a fungus. Covering over 2,200 acres in Oregon, the Armillaria ostoyae fungus, also known as the Humongous Fungus, is estimated to be between 2,400 and 8,650 years old and weighs over 6,000 tons.

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ZpXEv TIL About 3800 Years Ago a Babylonian Student Sent a Letter to His Mom to Complain About His Clothes
6Ya8 TIL in 2012 a cat called Pudding saved his owner’s life the same night he was adopted. The owner had a diabetic seizure in her sleep. Pudding brought her back to consciousness, ran into her son’s room and pounced on him until he woke up and called for medical assistance.
6EZRQ TIL ice ages begin when continents block warm water flow from the equator to the poles, forming ice sheets that increase Earth's reflectivity and reduce solar radiation absorption. This cools the atmosphere, causing ice sheets to grow, which further increases reflectivity in a positive feedback loop
GYg11 TIL that for the last 30 years the same Commodore Amiga Computer has been controlling the HVAC systems of the 19 schools in the Grand Rapids school district. It has been running day and night since
Wkxkd TIL Ottoman sultan Murad III was impotent. According to historians "his arrow was working but was unable to reach the target of union and pleasure." After many attempts by his mother a cure was found with one side effect: his libido increased so much by the end of his reign he had over 100 children