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Today I Learned that the Pineapple plant is a carnivorous plant

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x6aB5 TIL that when filming Top Gear's "Bolivia Special", producer Andy Wilman received a death threat from a local drug lord, when he went to the drug lord's house to ask him to turn down his loud music so the crew could get some sleep in their nearby hotel
br7Q TIL Kenny the “Down Syndrome” tiger was the result of deliberate inbreeding between rare brother and sister white tigers and most of his siblings were either stillborn or died very young.
0mgA TIL Gandhi waves around nukes in Civilization because a glitch in Civ 1 (where Gandhi’s aggressive stat, set at 1, became negative upon completion of democracy) and since -1 was not a stat the game reverted it to the maximum aggressive stat, and that’s how Gandhi became a warmonger.
X0Apj TIL that airliners use 1 gallon of gas each second!
OGKmg TIL The Wilhelm scream was recorded by Sheb Wooley, known for writing and performing the song ‘One Eyed One Horned Flying Purple People Eater’