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TIL that mushrooms have 30,000 sexes and can mate with any but their own.

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WnK8 TIL Woodie Guthrie’ copywrite claim to “This Land is Your Land” was for 28 years and stated “anybody caught singin it without our permission, will be mighty good friends of ourn, cause we don’t give a dern.” Today multiple organizations claim copyright for the song.
R7E74 TIL that the song 'Who let the dogs out?' sparked a bidding war between Nickelodeon and Disney. Disney wanted it to be in the movie 101 Dalmatians, and Nickelodeon wanted it to be in Rugrats in Paris. In the end, Nickelodeon offered the band their own concert special, and paid the cost of the video
GA9BN TIL roses are edible (and actually quite nutritious)
awRZN TIL In 2009 the FDA required General Mills to either register Cheerios as a drug or change their labels claiming the cereal lowerd cholesterol. GM revealed the labeling had been approved by the FDA and the investigation was closed in 2012.
BraDb TIL weasles are theorized to hypnotize their prey by doing a strange 'war dance'