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TIL That One of the names for Storms this Year is "Nana"

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6EJpZ TIL Hall of Fame pitcher Lee Smith didn’t play baseball until he was a junior in high school, only tried out to win a $10 bet, and only started pitching after his team’s star pitcher was killed in a hunting accident. His first start was a no hitter
KOKKw TIL a marine biologist has captured footage of a dreaming octopus rapidly changing color. He explains what the octopus is dreaming of when the color darkens: This is camouflage, like she's just subdued a crab and now she's going to sit there and eat it and she doesn't want anyone to notice her.
E1rko TIL The USA won the last ever Olympic gold medal for rugby in 1924 and are therefore technically still reigning champions.
BVXe TIL that the greatest speech Abraham Lincoln ever gave is lost to history. In 1856, Lincoln delivered an anti-slavery speech so powerful and moving that the reporters tasked with transcribing it laid down their pencils in awe. Today we have no idea what he said.
AXAo TIL Viagra dissolved in water can make cut flowers stand up straight for up to a week beyond their natural lifespan.