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TIL There's a marshmallow plant. It has been used since antiqity for a number of reasons, including a honey-sweetened confection for sore throats.

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Mbd7 TIL that many of those public toilet levers can be pulled up instead of down to save water if you went number 1
7XZO TIL posthumous marriage is legal in France, if one fiancé(e) dies before the wedding. “I do” is replaced with “I did”, and “until death do us part” is omitted.
YjwG TIL over 22 million chickens are eaten in the US every day.
D1alD TIL in 1907 a 9,317 mile automobile race from Peking to Paris was held after a French newspaper asked if anyone could prove their claim that if a man has a car, he can go anywhere. The race was held despite the race committee cancelling the race and the winner won a bottle of champagne.
0wad5 TIL that Spain won basketball gold at the 2000 Paralympics but most of the team wasn't disabled. The coach asked the team to slow their scoring because they were playing too well. When journalists became suspicious, they were encouraged to grow beards and wear hats so as not to be recognisable.