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TIL a graduate student invented a leaf made of silk that produces oxygen.

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Y71Gv TIL the farthest distance throw of a football (soccer ball) in a competitive match was 61 m 26 mm (200 ft 1.57 in.) by Alireza Beiranvand
gJJ7 TIL an empty tomb or monument erected in honor of a person whose remains are elsewhere is called a “Cenotaph.” For example, there are Cenotaphs all over the world for victims of the RMS Titanic, whose bodies were not recovered after the sinking.
OoN4 TIL that ‘eroteme’ is an obsolete term for 'question mark’, and 'ecphoneme’ is an obsolete term for 'exclamation mark’.
4kg1J TIL about Martha Cothren, winner of the 2006 Veteran of Foreign Wars Teacher of The Year.
95JM TIL that according to a 2013 study, practitioners of BDSM (Bondage, Discipline & Sado-Masochism) have a better mental health overall than practitioners of “vanilla” sex.