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TIL that mistletow is actually a parasitic plant that often kills trees by consuming it's nutrients.

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DQnYJ TIL the shortest commercial flight in the world is between the Scottish islands of Westray and Papa Westray, which takes only 1.5 minutes from takeoff to landing.
7rwMM TIL a 4-yr-old captive beluga whale who'd been living with belugas moved to a dolphinarium where her only companions were dolphins. In her early days with the dolphins, she made beluga "contact calls." Within 2 months, the beluga imitated dolphin whistles & dropped the beluga calls altogether.
xG01 TIL of a woman, Lizzie Velasquez, who was born with a rare disease called ‘neonatal progeroid syndrome’, that people consider to be, 'The ugliest woman in the world’ and how she turned into a positive role model and motivational speaker
gxrD TIL that Nigeria will exceed the US in population by 2050, despite being 1/10th the size
8a8GK TIL that the 1982 video game "Ms. Pac-Man" was created as a response to the fact that a majority of Pac-Man players were female.