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TIL that Loofahs are vegetables in the squash family and can be eaten as well as dried and used as sponges

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E19Md TIL Mr. Rogers was bullied as a child for being fat. "We're gonna get you, Fat Freddy!", the bullies would shout. “I used to cry to myself when I was alone,” Rogers said. “And I would cry through my fingers and make up songs on the piano.”
GWx5 TIL 16 seconds before launch of the space shuttle that 350,000 gallons of water are poured below the shuttle to suppress sound.
4MQN TIL Dragon’s Blood is a real ingredient and has been used since ancient times as varnish, medicine, incense, and dye. In modern times, it is used to make an anti-diarrheal drug.
5Vdmn TIL about Grape the Humboldt penguin from the Tobu Zoo in Japan, who fell in love with a cutout of an anime character.
QYZ9 TIL the earth’s atmosphere used to contain much more oxygen creating gigantic bugs and insects