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TIL Viagra dissolved in water can make cut flowers stand up straight for up to a week beyond their natural lifespan.

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Rk0w TIL in the 1500’s, it was believed there had to be a continent on the bottom of the Earth to “balance things out.” It turns out that was true, and that continent was Antarctica.
EgrXd TIL that your blood type impacts your health and longevity. Having a blood type other than O is associated with a higher chance of death, especially from heart disease.
VBLX4 TIL there is a LARP party in Czechia, where you roleplay contemporary rural Americans
Oo4l6 TIL Matthew Wood, the sound director for the Star Wars sequel trilogy, decided to stop using the iconic Wilhelm Scream, made famous in the original trilogy, and introduced a different iconic scream that has been used in films but kept a secret.
7rjyP TIL after Einstein died in 1955, preserved slices of his brain were smuggled to the University of Kansas -- where as part of a hazing ritual, students would suck on bits from Einstein's brain while downing shots of cheap tequila.