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TIL that there is a fungus that digests waste products and produces diesel-like chemicals when provoked. It was found in the Patagonian rainforest by a scientist who believes this could become a renewable source of energy and change our understanding on what oil really is.

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Ob5e TIL that your nose is always visible to you. Your mind ignores it through a process called Unconscious Selective Attention.
QN8pM TIL after winning the revolutionary war George Washington resigned. “Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action … I here offer my Commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.” The next day he left for his home, Mount Vernon.
65Zw TIL Genghis Kahn once executed someone by pouring molten silver into their head
b6Zw0 TIL an airline passenger forced an emergency landing when they refused to stop singing Whitney Houston’s song “I Will Always Love You”
Br75K TIL Steve Carell was nominated six consecutive times for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series at the Emmys for his work on The Office, and never won.