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TIL of Cordyceps sinesis or caterpillar fungus, which parasitizes larvae of ghost moths and produces an edible fruiting body which is valued in traditional Chinese medicine as an aphrodisiac.

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LnEp TIL about a match between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal where they played on a court which had clay surface on one side and grass on the other. At that time, Federer was undefeated on grass courts for 5 years and Nadal was undefeated on clay for 3 years.
OaZ7 TIL that humans can run marathon distances faster than almost every animal on Earth.
M7KRb TIL Mauritania didn’t abolish slavery until 1981. Laws were only passed to enforce the ban, after international pressure in 2007.
wLXwJ TIL the leaves of the Australian Gympie Gympie plant are covered by hollow glass needles filled with a neurotoxin. The sting can last for years and is so exquisitely painful people have killed themselves after being stung.
M7ObV TIL the largest seafood company in the US, Trident Seafoods, is headquartered in a refitted WW2 cargo ship.