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TIL toothpicks are made from birch wood

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XEnvR TIL of Radiotrophic Fungus, originally found in Chernobyl, that utilize Melanin to turn Gamma radiation into Chemical Energy. Similar to how plants use Chlorophyll to turn sunlight into Energy.
ADJyn TIL that the Zeppelin company is still alive and still producing airships
8e4vV TIL that in the movie Blow (2001), Johnny Depp was 5 years older than Rachel Griffiths who was playing his mother.
Wn88 TIL that before alarm clocks were invented, people would drink tons of water before they went to bed so that their over-full bladder would wake them up around the time they needed to be up
VBB5D TIL oil does not come from dinosaurs, rather it's the remains of all the bacteria and single-celled organisms that originally ruled the world.