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TIL that for more then 50 years, there was an operational telephone booth in the Mojave desert, in the middle of nowhere.

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R5DY7 TIL of Cordyceps sinesis or caterpillar fungus, which parasitizes larvae of ghost moths and produces an edible fruiting body which is valued in traditional Chinese medicine as an aphrodisiac.
0nA TIL a man who kidnapped a couple in Kansas sued them for not helping him evade police
gYdy TIL the Groom of the Stool, the English monarch’s royal toilet attendant, was considered one of the most powerful positions in court because of all the secrets the monarch would share. Eventually holders of the position were also put in charge of royal finances.
R9dQ TIL half-used hotel soap is sterilized, melted down, and reformed and sent to poorer countries with scarce hygiene resources
9w8nm TIL of honeypot ants, force fed until their abdomen swells, they function as food storage for ants.