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

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gmRX TIL that on the last night of their tour in Paris, Kanye and Jay-Z performed “N*ggas in Paris” 11 times in a row.
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mGPE TIL that every winter at a research station in the South Pole, 50 people are left totally isolated for 8 months. An annual tradition for the personnel is the back to back watching of the 3 “The Thing” films after the last plane has left for the winter