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TIL the same enzyme that makes apples and potatoes turn brown is also responsible for tanning in humans.

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WaYd TIL there’s a mushroom nicknamed “Chicken of the Woods” that tastes like, you guessed it, chicken (or sometimes crab or lobster)
YppoG Velvet worms can shoot strings of goo Spiderman-like from their mouths to entangle their prey.
yQMjM TIL that strong parental support decreases the likelihood of a transgender person having a suicide attempt within the past year from 57% to just 4%.
j6dON TIL in the past four years, 91% of all dives to the bottom of the Mariana Trench have occurred. Prior to this, only the original explorers in 1960 and James Cameron in 2012 had visited.
WkKON TIL that there is a street that is split down the middle by the USA-Canadian border, aptly named Canusa street. People who live in houses on the south side of the street are in the USA, and the north side, in Canada. Crossing the street requires having to report to the border crossing office.