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TIL roses are edible (and actually quite nutritious)

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pYEKO TIL that in traditional Chinese marriage, husband can unilaterally divorce his wife if she talks too much - 口多言 (Wiki translation is off)
YpdXv TIL Walt Disney originally wanted to bring Walt Disney World to St. Louis until local officials refused his proposition to pay for the buildings that would house themed attractions/rides (such as Pirates of the Caribbean, the Haunted Mansion, and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad) due to cost concerns.
4XpD5 TIL that 90% of the plastic in the oceans come from just 10 rivers. 8 are in Asia and 2 are in Africa.There are the Yangtze, Indus, Yellow, Hai He, Ganges, Pearl, Amur and Mekong in Asia and the Nile and the Niger in Africa
P1j1g TIL the founder of TSMC -- Morris Chang -- did not receive any equity in the company when it was founded in 1987.
OoRAY TIL Jeremy Bentham's dressed skeleton is on display in the UCL Student Union. Bentham donated his body to science, but requested that after dissection, they preserve and dress his body in his own clothes, and bring him to meetings and social events. He died in 1832 and was moved to UCL in 1850.