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TIL that the Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha) the emblem for Australia contains a psychoactive alkaloid called DMT.

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loJaK TIL in Japanese department stores, the staff will offer to put a plastic cover on your shopping bag when it rains. All of the staff knows it is raining outside without looking is because of a special BGM played only when it rains.
wLjN1 TIL a rodent that was said to have been extinct for 114 years showed up on the handrail at the front porch of a lodge in Columbia. It let researchers photograph it for two hours and then disappeared into the night and was never seen again.
d8RlZ TIL The concept of the “Rap battle” has existed since the 5th century, where poets would engage in “Flyting”, a spoken word event where poets would insult one another in verse
DlMJ TIL: That an American dentist drilled “Remember Pearl Harbour” on Prime Minister Hideki Tojo’s dentures.
Nr01 TIL Bill Nye The Science Guy Has a Plan to Launch Laser Bees into Space to Defend Earth Against Asteroids