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TIL there is a disease for plants literally named "BroomRape"

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kJ855 TIL Giraffes not only just use their long necks to reach for leaves as they are grazers. When they fight for a mate, they swing their necks around at their opponent. The winner is usually the one with the longer neck since there is more torque that is produced.
b9nJ7 TIL sea otters have pockets and many adults carry their favorite rock at all times to break open clams and other shellfish.
N7yAM TIL in the 90s Costa Rica saved a dying forest by dumping 12,000 tons of waste orange peels and pulp (1000 truckloads)
NBKQ TIL McDonald’s Canada published the Big Mac sauce recipe and other secrets on their Youtube channel, and even teach you how to replicate their flagship burger.
KOx9w TIL Centenarians tend to be small people, even allowing for shrinkage & secular growth. Okinawans have the greatest concentration of them, 500/million, the average male of which is just 148.3 cm (4'10½") & female 138.8 cm (4'6 1/2½").