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TIL Denny’s Named the Grand Slam Breakfast in Honor of MLB Player Hank Aaron

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W7jMX TIL every single plant species studied to date contain endophytes; they are symbiotic fungi and bacteria that live inside of the plant's tissues and bring many benefits such as resistance against pathogens, herbivory, drought, etc.
loBWr TIL “master idiot” Peter Scott was a burglar whose victims include Sophia Loren and the Shah of Iran. Disturbed during a heist by a woman, he shouted "'Everything's all right, madam,' and she went off to bed thinking I was the butler." On other occasions, he would reassuringly shout "It's only me!".
OG7Vg TIL that athletes and couch potatoes burn the same number of calories
VMaeQ TIL in 1957 two planes collided over the San Fernando Valley and the debris killed 3 Pacoima Junior High School students in the playground below. Student and singer Ritchie Valens (of 'La Bamba' fame) missed school that day, but died tragically in a plane crash just 2 years later.
woxZY TIL of Emogame, a series of browser flash games in which you, fight through levels of "enemies" which have "bad taste in music", including throwing vinyl records at members Dave Matthews Band and Creed.