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TIL that dragon fruit comes from cactuses

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R7BX7 TIL that a 99-million-year old fossilized Daddy Longlegs was found with an erection.
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6LZ7 TIL that during the 2014 Thai coup d'etat, sandwiches were used as an anti-coup symbol, and a group of students were charged with “possessing sandwiches with ill intent”.
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