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TIL vanilla comes from an orchid

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awDwN TIL branches from a 3000 year old, still living, Greek olive tree were used to weave victors' wreaths for the winners of the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics
oRDGK TIL A rare Costa Rican river anole lizard can breathe underwater for up to 15 minutes by trapping and recycling a bubble of air on its head, acting like a natural scuba tank.
78XM TIL that the United States Marine Corps tested the usefulness of ordinary skateboards in urban combat
OKPL TIL that bacteria which has evolved to be able to survive in the highly toxic Berkeley Pit superfund site produces a chemical compound not found anywhere else with anticancer potential.
YQvB TIL Dissociative Identity Disorder (or split personalities) can be so extreme that one personality can show severe allergic to a substance and the other one will not show any reaction at all.