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TIL Venus Flytraps are only native to a region within a 120km (75mi) radius to Wilmington, North Carolina, USA, as opposed to a tropical region.

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WkdbN TIL the following graffito message was found painted on the entrance a late 2nd century CE ancient Roman family tomb: "I remember touching the buttocks of a certain girl, whose ashes cover the golden earth."
VMnZ8 TIL Robin Williams wanted to play Hagrid in the Harry Potter movies, but there was a British only rule
9YnNr TIL that Cyrillic (the alphabet used to write Russian) wasn't created by Greek monks Cyrill and Methodius. They created the Glagolitic script. A disciple of theirs created Cyrillic with a few Glagolitic letters.
DQDMD TIL the most expensive movie poster ever sold at auction was from the 1927 lost film London After Midnight. The winning bid ($478k) was by Metallica’s guitarist Kirk Hammett. The poster is displayed in his collection at Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum for all to appreciate
wLo48 TIL that Mother Teresa did not work to alleviate poverty, lied to donors about how contributions were spent, allowed the sick to suffer as she believed suffering was a gift from god, but opted for advanced heart treatment for herself.