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TIL There’s a Tree species named The Caucasian Wingnut

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9glM TIL that Luke Magnotta, a 30-year-old former porn actor, murdered, dismembered, and cannibalized a Chinese exchange student, posted a video of it online, then mailed the body parts to various Canadian political parties.
X0LPQ TIL that Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11) was nicknamed "Dr. Rendezvous" by other NASA astronauts. Aldrin—with an MIT PhD—knew that it was not a compliment.
0d1nM TIL Box turtles evolved from water to land, then back to the water, then back to the land again
jygR TIL: There is a legend in Japan that says Jesus fled across Siberia to Shingō Village, where he lived to 106 years of age.
8PV8 TIL that just over a year ago a kid in Brazil woke up at his own funeral, sat up in his coffin and asked his Dad for water. He promptly laid back down and died again.