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TIL mushrooms are just the fruit—most of a fungus is a hidden underground mycelium network that can span kilometers.

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78QlP TIL Due to Western competition, China's liquor industry is trying to promote younger generations in their 20s to 40s to drink baijiu, a 5000 year old traditional spirit, with the Jiang Xiao Bai brand. It removes unwanted smells, and renders the product pure, with a lower alcohol proof
7okP TIL Western science hadn’t yet discovered the Gorilla when Darwin was writing ‘On The Origin of Species’
WdnA TIL that there is a ‘your momma’ insult in the bible (2 Kings 9:22). When Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” And he answered, “What peace, so long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?”
6E4MQ TIL that German film director Werner Herzog nearly took LANSA Flight 508, but canceled at the last minute. The plane was struck by lightning, killing 91 of 92 crew members and passengers. The lone survivor was 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke, whose story was told in Herzog's documentary Wings of Hope.
78kDp TIL In 2016, teen entrepreneur Taylor Rosenthal rejected a $30M offer for his ''high school project startup'', selling first-aid vending machines. However, it was later exposed as a scam orchestrated by Kyle Sandler, who conned $1.9M from Opelika investors with fabricated deals and press releases