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TIL the loofah sponge comes from the luffa, a vine-grown member of the cucumber family

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Y77LA TIL the term used by scientists to describe "falling" into a black hole: spaghettification.
78Ver TIL Edward Dando was a legendary thief known for eating -300 oysters and never paying, numerous articles, poems and street ballads were written about him and Charles Dickens compared him to Alexander the Great
RQbj TIL two men lost an arm in a mass tug-of-war contest in Taiwan. NSFW
QJNQk When you think of archaeology, you might think of ancient buildings or Han Solo in a fedora, but the truth is, archaeologists spend more time digging through ancient trash than avoiding ancient Peruvian blowgun traps. In fact, many of the items behind the glass at your favorite museum were most likely found in a midden or ancient dump. Even today, archaeologists believe that trash reveals more about the lives we actually lead than, say, a journal. As far as archaeologists are concerned, one man’s trash is indeed another man’s treasure. So the next time you throw that Hot Pocket wrapper in the trash, just remember: It belongs in a museum!PRODUCER/EDITOR: Chris MattleCAMERA/ASSISTANT PRODUCER: Laurence AlexanderCAMERA: Jared Gair
vKMR TIL frequent sex can make you look up to ten years younger.