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TIL there is a species of fungus over 23 000 different sexes

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m1moR TIL emergency oxygen masks on airplanes only last for ~10-14min.
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0wXGp TIL electricity was first installed in the White House in 1891. It was such a new concept that President Benjamin Harrison and his wife both refused to touch light switches due to their fear of electrocution so the White House staff had to follow them around and turn the lights off and on for them
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ppON TIL Anthony Stockelman molested and murdered a 10-year-old girl named “Katie” in 2005. When he was sent to prison, a relative of Katie’s was reportedly also there and got to Stockelman in the middle of the night and tattooed “Katie’s Revenge” on his forehead.