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TIL Nectarines are just mutant peaches
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TIL that the sea level is rising everywhere in the world, except along the coasts of Finland and Sweden. But even though the sea is still rising here, it’s just that the land is rising faster
OG5jY
TIL that in the radio version of Return of the Jedi, Yoda was not voiced by Frank Oz, but John Lithgow.
WPwd
TIL It would take 1,200,000 mosquitoes, each sucking once, to completely drain the average human of blood.
9AlQ
TIL that in Australia, there is an orchid which grows entirely underground. It was discovered in 1928 by a farmer after he noticed a sweet smell coming from the ground. The discovery generated such excitement that a wax model was toured around the British Isles.
nerdG
TIL that the pressurized bodies of early airships were called “envelopes,” a term that persisted in aviation to later describe the ideal flight performance of an airplane. When early NASA test pilots reached higher altitude, they called it “pushing the envelope” which is where we get the phrase.