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TIL of the Bladderwort, a carnivorous plant that captures small aquatic organisms by having miniature bags that suck in prey

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wRN7 TIL the world’s longest place name is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, “The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the slider, climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one”.
ZZ6Y TIL The sum of odd numbers starting at 1 is always a square number.
78WwM TIL: Vanilla sky was the only movie to get permission to shut down Times Square for any amount of time
X0m66 TIL Boyz II Men won't speak to founding member Michael McCary who has multiple sclerosis.
9WP7 TIL that the Normandy beach landing scene in Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan cost $12Million alone, employed use of over 1,500 extras and has been rated ‘the best battle scene of all time’ by Empire magazine