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

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oBaQL TIL the last person alive born in the 1800s, Emma Morano, lived to 117 and thrived on a diet of just two raw eggs a day
KEnR TIL that scams are written so poorly in order to ensure that only the most gullible people fall for it.
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