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TIL of a Plastic-Eating Mushroom was Discovered in the Amazon Rainforest

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yLap TIL a single “panini” is actually called a panino. Only multiple sandwiches are panini.
xVdMD TIL Tom Lehrer's famous song "Poisoning Pigeons In The Park" was inspired by the City of Boston doing exactly that. The city spread strychnine-laced corn in its public parks to reduce the pigeon population
e0Yy4 TIL in WW2 US tried to weaponize botulinum. Chinese prostitutes would receive capsules to kill Japanese officers who hired them. The plan was tested on donkeys, who survived so it was scrapped. That research led to the creation of Botox It was later discovered donkeys are immune to botulinum toxin.
5Y8br TIL when Led Zeppelin briefly visited India in 1972, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page were largely ignored because the locals thought that they were hippies until they played at a local venue.
eBVJ TIL a substance called Dioxygen Difluoride (O2F2) is so volatile that it makes almost any organic substance ignite and explode at any temperature hotter than -300°F (-185°C). It can literally set ice on fire