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TIL that Arches National Park in Utah has a rock column known as The Phallus

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R5k47 TIL that the talipot palm produces the world's largest flower cluster (inflorescence) containing one to several million flowers. It grows up to 25m tall, takes 30 to 80 years to reach maturity to flower and then dies immediately afterwards, having drained all its nutrients in the process.
lKP7 TIL ancient human ancestor Homo erectus ate cooked food as long ago as 1.9 million years
XgYR TIL that the Earth’s oceans absorb 25% of the carbon dioxide (CO2) that is released into the atmosphere every year. However, because of the increasing amounts of CO2 into the world’s atmosphere, the world’s oceans are slowly turning acidic.
49aN TIL that the Apple logo contains an apple with a single bite, because a small version of the logo would be indistinguishable from a cherry.
yQ94e TIL that pork is a "red meat" for nutritional studies (which tie red meat consumption to heart disease and cancer), and the "other white meat" phrase was just a marketing campaign by the pork industry.