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

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8aZRK TIL Synchronized swimming is one of the world's worst sports for concussions--one coach estimated that 100% of his synchronized swimmers have sustained a concussion at some point during their career
b9pgQ TIL of Black Kite 'Firehawks' which are birds that deliberately spread fires in Australia by carrying burning twigs in their beaks and talons and dropping them in other areas in order to start new fires and drive out insects and small animals so they can feed on them.
4X1RJ TIL that a man from Kansas challenged his wife from Iowa to a sword fight over custody dispute, asked the judge for a three-month delay in order to obtain Japanese samurai swords for combat, then was ordered to take a sanity test.
rRKrM TIL Mexico City is built in a bowl with no natural escape for water. Floods in 1629 left the city underwater for 4 years.
16Kgr TIL: There's a prison in South Korea that helps overworked Koreans unwind and relax