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TIL that while trying to present about the disease that would later bare his name, Alzheimer was rushed off stage because the conference attendees were excited to hear the next speaker present about compulsive masturbation.

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R78M1 TIL even though diamonds are the hardest material known to man, they can be smashed and shattered by a hammer because hardness only determines how scratch resistant something is, not how strong it is.
4kNmR TIL that the largest living organism on Earth is not a blue whale or an elephant, but actually a fungus. Covering over 2,200 acres in Oregon, the Armillaria ostoyae fungus, also known as the Humongous Fungus, is estimated to be between 2,400 and 8,650 years old and weighs over 6,000 tons.
endb TIL there’s a town in South Carolina called North. So it’s called North, South Carolina.
VMXep TIL at age 18, Bruce Lee was sent to live with his sister in the US because he had beaten up the son of an organized crime family; Lee's parents feared retaliation
Bgx5x TIL trees have eyes on their southern side.