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TIL vanilla comes from an orchid
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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
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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.
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TIL that the United States Marine Corps tested the usefulness of ordinary skateboards in urban combat
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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.
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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.