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TIL white asparagus is actually the same species as green asparagus, its shoots are simply covered with soil to avoid photosynthesis

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4kdJb TIL There is a rare deer species discovered by and named after Theodore Roosevelt's sons
95Br TIL in the 1986 NBA draft, Len Bias, the #2 pick by the Boston Celtics died of cocaine overdose 2 days after his draft night. He is considered by some sportswriters to be one of the greatest players not to play at the professional level.
9Yy5r TIL Emperor Nero had become so fond of a gladiator called Spiculus, that when he was overthrown in 68 AD, he wanted to die a swift death at the hands of him. But his aides could not get hold of Spiculus in time and Nero took his own life
5V1Y9 TIL: That on December 19, 1983, Jodie Foster was detained by U.S. customs agents at Logan International Airport for possessing a single gram of cocaine. She was charged with a misdemeanor and placed on one year's probation.
K0pa TIL that John Candy turned down Wayne Szlaniski in “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” and Louis Tully in “Ghostbusters” because he felt his good friend Rick Moranis was better suited for the parts.