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TIL Somalia has had a stateless justice system based on natural law since the 7th century

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dDRxd TIL that when asked for a sequel to The Hobbit, Tolkien initially submitted a draft of The Silmarillion which was rejected by the publishers, who wanted another story about hobbits.
dDrVB TIL that when you vibrate soil, worms come to the surface NOT because they think it's raining, but because they think a mole is attacking them underground
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QNNwp TIL that if all the spores of a single giant puffball mushroom had a 100% germination success, followed by the same for its offspring, the resulting mass of fungi would amount to 800 times the volume of Earth
Merb TIL for centuries there was a class of slave-soldier called the Mamluks. They were so powerful, free men would sell themselves into slavery hoping to join them. Also, they were wiped out in a purge not unlike the Jedi.