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TIL UK scientists discovered 3 new species of mushroom after buying dried porcini mushrooms from a local grocery store and testing them.

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W7xaB TIL a panel of scientists developed a plan to use cats that glow when exposed to radiation as a way to warn future civilizations about radioactive sites. The "Rad Cats" purpose would be explained in a nursery rhyme designed to be passed along, generation to generation.
OGYPg TIL there was a early 2000’s boy band called Blue and that I never heard of them because the lead singer said "Who gives a fuck about New York when elephants are being killed?”… 1 month after 9/11… which happened while he was in NYC…
R71v8 TIL that moving boulder in spongebob during the pizza delivery episode actual exist.
x6vDg TIL Harrison Ford worked as a roadie for The Doors in the late 60s
8aQma TIL on July 4th 1852, Frederick Douglass was asked to give a speech about Independence. He got real pissed, saying it was a sham, since slaves had no independence. "This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn."