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TIL there is a carnivorous plant big enough to drown and digest rats.

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OGnOR TIL that in 101 BCE Rome defeating invading Germanic and Celtic tribes. Later, some of the defeated warriors were among the rebelling gladiators in the Third Servile War, led by Spartacus
NXwdb TIL the nation of Iceland sued a company named Iceland to have all its trademarks invalidated. And won.
PYQee TIL that after firefighters saved piglets from a barn fire, 6 months later the farmer sent them sausages made from the piglets as a thank you gift
yQK7a TIL Brain activity appears to continue for around 10 minutes after people are dead, especially in the part that controls the memory.
1owr TIL There was an Iranian diplomat who saved hundreds, possibly thousands of Jews in WW2 by handing out Iranian passports. Despite praise for his actions he died in poverty and exile in 1981.