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TIL Tim Curry was an avid horticulturist, even planting a garden for his famous friend Freddie Mercury.

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kexm TIL that the Brits selling Rolls-Royce jet engines to the Soviets after WW2 (for non-military purposes) played a decisive role in giving the Communists the upper hand in the Korean War’s air battles. In Stalin’s own words: ‘Who in their right mind would sell anything like this to us?’
OGPD7 TIL that fishermen in Belgium use horseback to catch shrimp.
4XAa TIL “When flatworms mate, two "males” use their bifurcated penises to fence one another. The winner, or the flatworm who stabs the other with its penis, remains male while the loser becomes female.“
GXKE TIL oranges grown in tropical countries remain green even when ripe. To attain the orange color, they are either exposed to ethylene gas or dyed.
0nXM TIL there was a Russian guy who would dig up young girls’ graves, mummify bodies, and dress them up at his home. His parents thought they were just plain dolls.