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TIL Coriander and Cilantro are the same thing

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9Y7mr TIL Around 4% of people do not take surveys seriously and provide silly answers. Around 7% of Americans were 'not sure' if lizardmen were running Earth. Around 13% of Americans claimed a former president was anti-Christ. The Lizardman constant (around 4%) explains some of strange results in surveys.
N6Db TIL of a mushroom that can cause a woman to have an instant orgasm
QJY7M TIL that association football's all-time top goalscorer may well be a 5'10" chain-smoking lesbian from the early 20th century. Lily Parr's career ran from 1920 to 1951 and she reputedly scored almost 1000 goals in this time.
gKeX TIL there was an experiment where 2 groups of 11-12 yr old boys were given separate camps in a state park. When the groups became aware of each other they began raiding each other’s camps, which led to physical combat. The investigators ended the experiment for fear someone would get seriously hurt.
69vpl TIL that when scientist think they have found a new insect species, they examine its penis; there is such variety between insect penises that it’s a sure fire way of identifying a new species