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TIL Vanilla is produced from a species of orchid, it's the only fruit bearing orchid in the world.

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j6wWE TIL a Fir Tree once grew inside a man’s lung.
E9lX TIL that the corpse of the original singer from Alice in Chains is believed to have sat in front of a flickering tv set for 2 weeks before it was found.
Z5Kp TIL that veterinarians used to believe that dogs saw only in black and white, but studies suggest that they actually do have some color vision. Dogs see the colors of the world as yellow, blue, and gray. Many common colors used for dog toys are actually hard for a dog to see.
wLOQE TIL claw machines can be rigged by programming them to have a strong grip only part of the time, allowing the owner to select a desired level of profit and then automatically adjust the claw strength to make sure that players are only winning a limited number of times
1GY4 TIL that according to 2007 research, seahorses are “promiscuous, flighty, and more than a little bit gay.” Seahorses will flirt with as many as 25 potential partners in a day, and about 37% of seahorse sexual encounters are same-sex acts.