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TIL that human foot is home to more than 200 different types of fungi

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MeZ90 TIL that California is named after a fictitious island described in a series of 16th century Spanish romance novels. The island was described as being inhabited by beautiful black women who wore gold armor and fought alongside Muslims
LQAG0 TIL an innovative satellite launched in 1962, Telstar 1, was accidentally damaged beyond use by Cold War nuclear bombs. After transmitting the first TV and phone signals and images from space, it broke down due to damage from Soviet & American nuclear tests, but still orbits the earth today.
QlNd TIL that Mormon holy books were written in faux-King James English (eg thou goeth) - the language of Bibles from Joseph Smith’s time - and contain extensive grammatical errors (eg subj-verb disagreement), suggesting that Smith was trying to make his writing sound superficially “more Biblical”
d8deE TIL that in the Seychelles grows an endemic palm tree that produces a particular fruit called Coco de Mer, that is doggy-style-butt-shaped.
Br5dx TIL - To help small businesses compete with Amazon, a Seattle man built an extension that pulls together the inventory from thousands of independent shops and lets you browse it by product, price and distance from you