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Today i learned one of the largest organisms on earth is a group of trees in Pando, Utah. It covers 107 acres and has 47,000 distinct trees that share the same root system.

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nmmb TIL there was a pornographic parody of the british show “Doctor Who” called Dr. Loo and the Filthy Phalek where Dr. Loo travels through time and space in a TURDIS, a time machine disguised as a public toilet and she and her trusty female shagbot get into numerous sexual adventures.
P1PpV TIL that the voice of Shaggy in “Scooby-Doo”, Casey Kasem, was vegan. He quit the role after being asked to voice Shaggy for a Burger King commercial in the 1990s. Not only did he refuse the commercial, but he negotiated for Shaggy to cut out meat before returning to voicing him again
vRrK TIL that Saint Isidore of Seville is considered to be the Patron Saint of the Internet.
g06A TIL that Nicolae Ceaușescu, the Stalinist dictator of Romania was captured and put on trial on Christmas morning after a few days, given ten minutes to prepare his defense with his counsel, convicted by the afternoon and executed at 4 PM the same day
wQrY TIL Canada has more Facebook addicts than any other country, and Pakistan is the world’s leading producer of Gay porn