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TIL the largest living creature on earth is a 2,200 acre mushroom living in Oregon.

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wLPxM TIL that a picture of a giant robot helping Russia revolutionaries storm the winter palace in 1917, was accidentally used in an Australian history exam. Some students wasted time in trying to figure out what the giant robot was, thinking it was a statue of a Russian politician or a battleship.
kOJNE TIL In 1979 a stadium hosted Disco Demolition Night. Cost was ¢99 if you brought a disco record. 50,000 people showed up to see them blow up the records in between games. Thousands rushed the field in a frenzy. This is referred to as “The Night Disco Died” and is linked to the decline of the genre
5VMnB TIL A fresh cilantro plant and a Stink Bug smell the same.
69dQ7 TIL Luffas grow on a vine on land! Not in the sea like I thought. It’s also edible before it gets to the scrubby spongy stage. TY to the little luffa farm in SLO. Side note it looks like a big cucumber at first.
VMN70 TIL about Phocion, an Athenian statesman who was so humble and frugal that he was known simply as "The Good", was elected a record 45 times as Strategos (head of the military) and singlehandedly convinced Alexander the Great to spare Athens and focus on war with Persia instead.