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TIL that tea bags are made of banana fibers

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d8gwd TIL that Thucydides, one of Ancient Greece’s greatest historians, was killed mid-sentence.
LkoGm TIL: The White Mulberry tree flings its pollen at over half the speed of sound through stored elastic force within its anthers.
NaWP TIL that Polar Bears have black skin and translucent fur, and only appear white because of luminescence
0wnMA TIL that in 1955 (at the height of the cold war), the Soviet weight lifting champion matched the Olympic record of the time with a 330.3 lb press, only to be beaten in the same competition by Paul Anderson with his 402.41 lb and 402.5 lb press. Earning respect from both USA and Soviet Union.
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