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TIL there's a type of broccoli called Romanesco that naturally grows in a fractal pattern

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AVZx TIL Nickelback was the second best selling band of the 2000s, only beaten out by the Beatles.
YV7W TIL That there is a cloud of alcohol with a diameter 1,000 times larger than our solar system. It’s about 10,000 light-years away in the constellation Aquila. The amount of alcohol present in the cloud could serve up to 400 septillion (400, followed by 24 additional zeros) drinks.
EgYAx TIL about Aazhawigiizhigokwe - the only Ojibwe woman to ever become a full warrior, permitted to carry weapons, wear war paint, take part in ceremonies, raids, and hunting expeditions, as well as speak before the tribal council
LkJNp TIL that in 1915, a pilot planned a stunt to drop a baseball into an MLB coach’s glove from a plane during a flyover. As a prank she dropped a grapefruit instead; it exploded in the coach’s glove and covered him in red pulp, and he was convinced he was seriously injured and bleeding to death.
XwvE TIL that suicide surpassed combat as the leading cause of military deaths in 2012 and has remained as the top killer ever since.