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TIL that a human who eats feces may suffer from a tumor.

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NXLoM TIL Venus Fly Traps are exclusively found in the wild in the Carolina states, specifically around the Carolina Bays, and due to poaching for export/resale and inability to clear underbrush that eventually smothers the low-dwelling carnivorous plants, they are now endangered.
nerx7 TIL that Jonathan James was only 15 when he hacked into the systems of NASA and the United States Department of Defense in June 1999 . Since he was a juvenile, he was charged with 2 counts of “juvenile delinquency” placed under a 6 month home arrest and asked to write apology letters to NASA and DOD
gMXwb TIL that the reindeer named Donner and Blitzen were originally called Dunder and Blixem after the Dutch words for thunder and lightning.
KO0rQ TIL the Stanley Hotel, the hotel that served as the inspiration for The Shining, plays the movie adaptation on a continuous loop on channel 42.
eWXg TIL A ‘Bastard Sword’ gets its name from the fact that it can be used with one hand or two hands. The hands are 'unmarried’.