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TIL that in 2002 a strain of Cordyceps/Beauveria infected an immunocompromised woman in Germany despite the fungus being considered incapable of tolerating the temperature of the human body

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XE4G6 TIL that the pound symbol (£) is an L and is actually short hand for “Libra” - The basic unit of weight in the Roman Empire.
Zp7gB TIL of The Bachelor of Powalgarh, an exceptionally large, man-eating Indian Bengal tiger, which was sought after and eventually shot and killed by Jim Corbett in 1930. The tiger was 10 feet 7 inches long
R5x98 TIL, in 1976 alone, the Indian government sterilized 6.2 million men
P1emJ TIL the Righteous Brothers became the first musical act to ever have two versions of the same song in the Billboard Top 20 at the same time when both their original 1965 version of "Unchained Melody" and their new re-recording of the song were released in 1990.
b6lEp TIL green peppers are unripe red peppers AND bell peppers are considered berries