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TIL that button, cremini and portobello are all the same mushroom in different stages of growth.

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LvJd TIL before Ed Sheeran became internationally famous, he put on a free show for his small fan base. Over 1,000 fans turned up to see the show, so Sheeran ended up playing four different shows to make sure everyone saw a gig, including a gig outside on the street after the venue had closed.
pYMbG TIL about the variability hypothesis, the hypothesis that human males generally display greater variability in traits than human females do. Sex-differences in variability have been observed in many abilities and traits – including physical, psychological and genetic ones.
9YKn6 TIL Evariste Galois, genius French mathematician, felt certain he would die the next day in a duel he had been challenged to over a woman and stayed up all night solving a problem that had tormented mathematicians for centuries. He died the next day at 21 but his work that night endures still today.
oR7JE TIL that free divers' heart rates can drop as low as 11 beats per minute(as low as that of diving seals, whales and dolphins), in order to preserve blood-oxygen levels
loVeG TIL the Baghdad Pact was a NATO type alliance between the UK, Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Pakistan until 1979