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TIL that Key West, Florida got hit with two Category 5 hurricanes while MTV was filming The Real World there

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Yp5DB TIL : Celebrities pay $40,000 to get a star on the Hollywood walk of fame.
PVAE TIL the Throne of Denmark is made of narwhal tusks, which were claimed to be unicorn horns, and is flanked by three life-sized silver lions, inspired by the legend of King Solomon’s throne, said to be surrounded by 12 gold lions.
d8d6d TIL Sloths spend 90% of their time motionless, and that sloth fur is a “small ecosystem of its own” that supports symbiotic algae, moths, and various insects.
b9Aw4 TIL avocados evolved to be eaten whole by herbivore dinosaurs, who would then poop out the pit to a new location, spreading the trees; after dinosaur extinction, the plant narrowly hung on in a small part of Mesoamerica until humans discovered the fruit and started cultivating them widely
woeYW TIL of the Toronto Hospital Baby Deaths. A 625 percent increase in infant morality led to the discovery of digoxin present at levels 13 times higher than normal in the babies. To date, the exact culprit is unknown