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

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5YAEB TIL David Letterman awarded Chris Farley the title of “the finest entrance a guest has ever made.”
gM48y TIL The album cover of Rush ‘Moving Pictures’ is meant as a triple entendre; it shows movers who are carrying pictures. On the side, people are shown crying because the pictures passing by are emotionally "moving". The back cover has a film crew making a motion picture of the whole scene.
kOoEE TIL pants and trousers are called pairs because they used to be separate. As early as the 16th Century, you'd feed one leg in, tie the top around your waist and do the same with the other leg. The name stayed even when they started being made as a single item.
Rjda TIL that the UK has an underground aviation fuel pipeline dating back to WWII, allowing aviation fuel to be transported around the country without risking it on roads and railways
4kpro TIL about Lillan Bloodworth, who donated blood every 56 days for nearly 50 years. By the time she stopped at age 85, she had donated 23 gallons. (The average person's body contains about 1.5 gallons.)