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TIL that there's a Fear of slime called Mysophobia
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TIL that Poinsettias come from Mexico. The Aztecs call them (Nahuatl language) cuetlaxochitl ̶ xochitl. The name Poinsettia, is in honour of Joel Roberts Poinsett, a US envoy in Mexico City who introduced the plant to the US and Europe.
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TIL Lindsay Lohan turned down the role of Jade (Heather Graham) in The Hangover because she felt the movie’s script “had no potential”.
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TIL That Betty White hosted a five-and-a-half-hour long live talk show six days a week from 1949 to 1953.
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TIL the Vatican City is the smallest country in the world with a population of 764 people
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TIL of the existence of giant viruses. Their sizes rival that of some bacteria (1.5-2uM) and they encode thousands of unknown genes. One of the largest was discovered and revived in 2014 from 30,000 year old Siberian permafrost, revealing thawing permafrost as a reservoir of ancient giant viruses.