Post * VNXk — Curious Curator

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TIL the largest (and possibly oldest) single organism on earth is a parasitic fungus covering nearly 2300 acres

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VL64 TIL that there are large numbers of abandoned highways in the US. They are typically left in place and known as lost highways.

e0YB5 TIL Greg Burson, who voiced Bugs Bunny following the death of Mel Blanc, ended his career after he barricaded himself in his home and held a woman hostage. According to an officer he was so drunk they couldn't tell if he was trying to do one of his voices or just slurring his words.

ylAe TIL that Starbucks uses round tables in order to make lone coffee drinkers feel less lonely since there “wouldn’t be empty seats” at a round table.

KYQxG TIL about the Janzen–Connell hypothesis, a widely accepted mechanism that asserts that a forest with more diverse species of plants will prosper because the more common a plant species is, the more specialist enemies it attracts.

5VJ1R TIL that in the 17th century, tulip bulbs became incredibly valuable and were even traded on futures markets in the Netherlands. At the peak of the craze, some individual tulip bulbs were worth more than a house.