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TIL that possession of wild psilocybin mushrooms is not illegal in Florida

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D1D6r TIL that the notorious vanishing hijacker's actually alias was Dan Cooper and not D B Cooper. D B Cooper was a mistake by the press that stuck.
wo8WP TIL Pittsburgh is the only city where all the major sports teams (MLB, NHL, NFL) have the same colors: Black and gold.
Z8Q7Y TIL a type of sea slug called Elysia chlorotica can carry out photosynthesis. They can go without eating for nine months or more, photosynthesizing with its stolen plant-parts as it basks in the sun.
OEmX TIL the state name “Idaho” doesn’t mean anything. Some guy just made it up for shits and giggles in the 1860s.
neYnr TIL of a sword found in the River Witham in 1825 with a mysterious 18-letter inscription that has stumped researchers and caused the British Library to ask readers to help crack the code.