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TIL The scientific name for the famous Corpse Flower (a very large flowering plant that blooms only once every 7-10 years and releases an unbearable scent of feces and rotting flesh) is Amorphophallus titanum, which in Latin translates roughly to "giant, shapeless dick."

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loew7 TIL At the end of WW1 in 1918, when revolutionaries toppled the monarchy all across Germany, King Friedrich August III of Saxony was asked by phone if he would like to abdicate willingly. He just replied "Oh, well, I suppose I'd better" and thus Saxony became a republic.
d8Mdj TIL when Microsoft started manufacturing the Xbox 360, 68% of them were defective right out of the line. The main processor of the console had an 84% defect rate out of the line.
Lkl10 TIL that because insulin is incredibly expensive despite being the same drug discovered a century ago, there's a movement to create an open source, small-batch manufacturing process
VMdX4 TIL killer whales use a hunting technique known as a "karate chop" against sharks. Using its tail it pushes the shark to the surface on a vortex, then raises its tail high in the air and slams it on the shark’s head. Then it flips the shark over causing tonic immobility, rendering it paralyzed.
R71oj TIL that people go to restaurants to eat diseases for fun.