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TIL there is a species of fungus called “Spongiforma squarepantsii” named after the character “SpongeBob SquarePants”

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VMYa0 TIL in Korea, everyone is 1 from the time they are born. And everyone gets a year older on New Year’s day. So your Korean age is always either one or two years older than your Western age.
kJvB5 TIL the 145m year old araucaria araucana (or monkey puzzle tree) has survived mass extinctions and ice ages, but is currently endangered
b9pR0 TIL that the Shazam app started off as a dial in service where customers dialed from their mobile phone to get music recognised. The phone would automatically hang up after 30 seconds. A result was then sent to the user in the form of a text message containing the song title and artist name.
R1Vl TIL that in 2009 after 10 years of legal battle, ford motor company was ordered to pay $55 million to a small time Illinois inventor for willfully infringing on his patents.
xQLw TIL a bite from the Brazilian wandering spider can lead to Priapism, which is an erection lasting for more than four hours.