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TIL a duel between three people is called a truel

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4kNmR TIL that the largest living organism on Earth is not a blue whale or an elephant, but actually a fungus. Covering over 2,200 acres in Oregon, the Armillaria ostoyae fungus, also known as the Humongous Fungus, is estimated to be between 2,400 and 8,650 years old and weighs over 6,000 tons.
GaN7 TIL that in 2014, the asthma medication albuterol sulfate jumped in price from $11 for 2 tablets to $434, an increase of almost 4,000%.
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