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TIL Mistletoe is a parasitic plan. It absorbs nutrients and water by penetrating branches high up on trees.

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b9noQ TIL that it's estimated that a boy born to Samoan parents is 56 times more likely to get into the NFL than any other kid in America.
p8W1p Today I learned that the 19th Amendment (Women's Suffrage) almost wasn't ratified until a Tennessee senator who was against it (Harry Burns) received a letter from his mother telling him to "be a good boy" and vote for ratification. He broke the deadlock the next day and the 19th was ratified.
oNVr TIL A University of Arizona study found 72% of shopping carts contain fecal bacteria and there is more fecal bacteria on a shopping cart handle than in a typical bathroom.
rg7d TIL on 1 April 1976, a radio prank convinced listeners that a rare astronomical event that day would cause a temporary decrease in Earth’s gravity, such that listeners would feel a floating sensation at that exact moment. Soon after 9:47 that morning, phone calls poured in confirming the phenomenon.
xrQo TIL Matt Damon could only say his name in Team America because his puppet came in looking mentally deficient and they didn’t have time to change it, so Parker and Stone just made him mentally challenged.