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TIL childhood classic ‘Goodnight Moon’ was inspired by a stormy lesbian romance

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l7Xl7 TIL that mushrooms are more closely related to humans than to plants.
kO9lW TIL that it's possible to buy random, assorted books "by the foot", for the sake of filling up and decorating otherwise empty bookshelves and libraries, a service typically used by filmmakers and decorators, but also rich people on occasion.
vPm78 TIL that Australia uses Polymer bank notes that are waterproof and notoriously hard to counterfeit due to its complex design.
VLwZ TIL Russian cosmonauts urinate on the right rear wheel of the transfer bus before liftoff. Female cosmonauts are excused, but some dash a cup of their own urine in solidarity.
oBKd7 TIL that there is a species of Tigerfish in the Congo River which eats crocodiles.