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TIL The Venus Flytrap is native to only the Wilmington, North Carolina area.

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GO4N TIL that in the LOTR books Frodo and Sam walked the equivalent distance of Los Angeles CA to Austin TX.
9DyG TIL Sir Adrian de Wiart served in the Boer War, WWI, WWII, and was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear. He survived 2 plane crashes, tunnelled out of a POW camp, and bit off his own fingers when a doctor wouldn’t amputate. About WWI, he wrote, “Frankly I had enjoyed the war.”
kO6PB TIL: Gerard Way, co-founder and lead vocalist of My Chemical Romance, is also the creator and writer of the comic book series, The Umbrella Academy.
dw4d TIL that stores use the ‘Goldilocks pricing’ technique where one item is too expensive, one too cheap and the middle just right, to influence the buyer. Also Prestige or Premium pricing is when one item is given a huge prize tag simply because people will think it’s better and buy it.
Brgk TIL in 2008, more than 200 marijuana plants were found growing inside Miami’s Mall of the Americas.