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TIL that silverfish and bristletails are the only insects that don't undergo metamorphosis.

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Z8Av4 TIL Of the only medical case of a person being both a dwarf and a giant | Adam Rainer was 111.5cm (3 foot 7.9 in) at age 19, yet 234cm (7 ft 8 in) at age 51
endb TIL there’s a town in South Carolina called North. So it’s called North, South Carolina.
5nJP TIL that of the six men pictured in the iconic “Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima” photograph, three died during the following battle
MeeWK TIL that as a part of his celibacy experiments, Mahatma Gandhi used to sleep nude with his young female companions which included his 17 year old grand-niece Mridula Gandhi
YpREA TIL Sir Walter Raleigh, British explorer and historian, first brought the potato to Ireland and planted them at his Irish estate. His cooks, who had never cooked potato before, served the leaves and stems (which are poisonous) making everyone sick. Potatoes were then banned from the court.