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TIL that Puffball Mushrooms, which have spores the when flicked turn into a puff of smoke, has the Latin name <i> Lycoperdon </i>, literally meaning “wolf fart”.

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5YMdB TIL that up until as recently as 2008, a descendant of Confucius held a cabinet-level position in the Taiwanese government, titled the "Sacrificial Official to Confucius". The current holder is a 79th generation descendant of the philosopher who died in 479 BC.
8eKL4 TIL that Tiny fern has the biggest genome ever recorded. It contains 160 billion base pairs — 50 times more than the human genome.
OGnNa TIL Vitamin C does little to boost your immunity against colds
YpLkB TIL Away from home, Dickens would realign his bed to face north, and he had to be facing north before he could write, as he felt this would foster his creativity.
Z8bN4 TIL Some lungfish need air to respire and their gills don't provide enough oxygen