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TIL Sylvester Graham invented graham crackers as part of a radical vegetarian diet meant to curb the desire to masturbate

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new57 TIL that the Bucket Orchid flower attracts orchid bees with a scent, & traps them in their “bucket”, the only escape is through a space where the flower grips the bee and glues pollen packets to their back to produce more bucket orchids.
OGavg TIL the very first phone call was between the head of Motorola to his rival at Bell Laboratories to brag, "Joel, this is Marty. I'm calling you from a cellphone, a real, handheld, portable cellphone."
e0grE TIL raw milk is responsible for nearly three times more hospitalizations than any other food-borne disease source, making it one of the world's most dangerous food products
gmvX TIL It’s illegal to own pet hamsters in Hawaii.
awvP0 TIL the bite from a Lone Star tick can cause a person to be allergic to meat.