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

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xVWPg TIL the South Korean authorities have already created designations for North Korean highways to bring them under their own system in case of reunification.
GAGM7 TIL of Thomas Higgins, the first person to be posthumously elected as a UK Member of Parliament. He died from a heart attack on election night, after polling had closed, but before the result had been declared.
4kLpb TIL of One Little Indian, a 1973 Western Comedy produced by Disney. Star James Garner said of the film "I've done some things I'm not proud of. This is one of them. The only bright spot was a ten year old Jodie Foster."
kOPDW TIL one person in four is a 'supertaster', who experience the sensation of tasting more intensely. Supertasters have a high density of taste cells on their tongue, but are likely to have a distaste for beer.
aA6y TIL sleeping on the job is acceptable in japan. It is viewed as exhaustion from working hard. Some people fake it to look committed to their job.