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TIL: fossilized vomit is thing and it's called regurgitalite

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BbPr TIL that “Arabic numerals” are actually “Hindu numerals” and Arabs call the system, correctly, “Hindu numerals.”
o6Wo TIL all vanilla beans must be hand pollinated because the only species of bee capable of pollinating a vanilla bean orchid is likely extinct.
R7Gb8 TIL of Mary Carey, a pornographic actress who ran for the Governor of California in 2003 as a publicity stunt. Her platform included promises of taxing breast implants, making lap dances tax-deductible, and creating a "Porn for Pistols" exchange program.
Z86bD TIL The human brain's 86 billion neurons are connected by approximately 850,000 km (530,000 miles) of axons and dendrites. To put things into perspective, the distance between Earth and Moon is only 384,000 km (240,000 miles)
6JeJ TIL that, to stop the theft of trees in public parks near Christmas time, some cities spray would-be Christmas trees with fox urine. It freezes and is odorless outdoors, but would be unbearable and irremovable if taken into someone’s home.