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TIL the botanical genus name of the cotton thistle means 'donkey fart thorny food'

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8ap0Z TIL seven new rare earth elements have been found in the small Swedish village of Ytterby. Four of the elements are named after the village, ytterbium, yttrium, terbium, and erbium, the other three are holmium, thulium, and gadolinium.
lZb1 TIL John Denver nearly choked his ex-wife to death during their divorce settlement and cut their bed in half with a chainsaw. (Dude always seemed so chill.)
VMLkD TIL Mary Jane Rathbun, better known as Brownie Mary became known for illegally baking and distributing cannabis brownies to AIDs patients in the 1980s. She was baking more than 4000 brownies per week. She was also known for wearing polyester pants suits and having a 'sailors mouth'.
xVWNb TIL the official centre of London is marked by a plaque inset into the pavement behind a statue of King Charles I, to the south of Trafalgar Square. Distances to London on road signs throughout Britain are measured from this point.
x65no TIL asphalt is over 300 degrees F when they pour it and it takes several hours to cool down