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TIL there is a form of edible wood.

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X078P TIL: The "Leatherman" was a person dressed in a leather suit who would repeat a 365 mile route for over 30 years. He would stop at towns for supplies and lived in various "Leatherman caves". When archeologists dug up his grave in 2011, they found no remains, only coffin nails.
ya58 TIL Declassified Documents Prove the US used “Cloud Seeding” to extend the monsoon season during the Vietnam War
wLOK7 TIL that Los Angeles's economy is bigger than every state in America with just two exceptions: New York and Texas
oB6XY TIL the average NBA player has an wingspan-to-height ratio greater than the diagnostic criteria for Marfan syndrome; a disorder that results in abnormally long limbs.
5VQ9p TIL the Higgs-Boson Particle, aka "the God Particle", was actually called "the Goddamn Particle" by physicists because it was so difficult to detect. Publishers forced the rename, resulting in a confusing tie to religion for the particle which is nearly universally hated by physicists.