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TIL The Venus Flytrap is native only to a 60-mile radius around Wilmington, North Carolina and nowhere else

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1amaX TIL Jahna Steele was voted Las Vegas' "Sexiest Showgirl on The Strip" in 1991, "Las Vegas Entertainer of the Year" in 1992, and "Most Beautiful Showgirl" in 1993. She was later fired from the "Crazy Girls Revue" show when people found out she was transgendered.
nW7vr TIL that Xerox built the first personal computer with a mouse-based graphical user interface (GUI) in 1973, 10 years before anyone else. But they couldn't see any reason why anyone would want a PC so they didn't market it
oR8B8 TIL in AD 800, Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne, King of the Franks, as the first Holy Roman Emperor, starting a new line of Roman emperors over 300 years after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. This was a surprise to the Eastern Roman Empire, which was still around at that time.
R7O99 TIL that Robert Downey Jr improvised the last line of Iron Man (2008) and changed the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe completely.
x6QK0 TIL that scientists use particle accelerators brighter than the sun to understand how plant roots can grow through hard ground, helping to engineer drought-resistant crops