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TIL Carl von Linné, father of modern taxonomy, would take revenge at his enemies by naming nasty smelling weeds after them. e.g. Siegesbeckia after a fellow botanist he begrudged.

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e0nMk TIL a wedding photographer was awarded $1,080,000 in a defamation suit when a couple refused to pay for a $125 fee.
160a8 TIL that Most Extreme Elimination Challenge (MXC)'s four producers-writers-voice performers are alumni of comedy troupe The Groundlings, including Mary Scheer (Mad TV).
WkQZd TIL that Gina Han, whom police dubbed "the evil twin," was sentenced to 26 years to life in prison for hatching what prosecutors alleged was a plot to kill her identical twin sister Sunny. Sunny was tied and forced to sit in a bathtub. A 911 call brought police to the scene and they arrested Gina.
78GJX TIL: In 1999 the Deer Terrace Pavilion was uncovered in China dating back to 1046 BC. It was a pool named the "Lake of Wine and Forest of Meat" which was filled with wine and meat was hung around it. King Zhou reportedly died there after his defeat and burned it, his jewels, and himself.