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TIL that tulips can grow after being cut, up to one inch.

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jNXp TIL that a man once fought of a bear attack by himself, was buried in a shallow grave by his peers, but regained consciousness with grave wounds and Trekked 200 miles through the wilderness without equipment whilst wearing the bear’s pelt for warmth.
a8bJb TIL in Ancient Egypt, killing a cat was regarded as a serious crime. In the years between 60 and 56 BC, outraged people lynched a Roman for killing a cat, although pharaoh Ptolemy XII Auletes tried to intervene.
R7YK8 TIL In 1907 President Roosevelt sailed into Provincetown Massachusetts harbor, eight battleships in two squadrons formed a lane for the yacht to pass through. His mission was to lay the cornerstone of the Pilgrim Monument.
neJ59 TIL about Buckfast--a wine brewed by some of the last Benedictine monks in Britain, sold as a tonic in UK pharmacies, and known infamously in Scotland as "Wreck the Hoose Juice" where it was associated with >40% of all violent crime there in 2015
9y7D TIL that there is a custom made map for Doom II called NUTS3.WAD. It contains 12263 monsters - one of the highest amount of enemies ever put in a FPS.