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TIL Dogecoin, the cryptocurrency featuring Shiba Inu dogs which was largely created as a fun parody, actually reached a US$2,000,000,000 market capitalization in January 2018.

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4kAYN TIL of the “Suicide Plant”. A plant so toxic that the slightest touch causes excruciating pain that feels like “being electrocuted and set on fire” that can last months.
mbMP TIL the tiny garish Crucifix Toad secretes a glue to catch insect prey that has been found to be the strongest non-toxic adhesive known, works irrespective of temperature or moisture while remaining flexible and porous, and has exciting new applications in medicine, as it is ‘highly biocompatible’.
N70yE TIL The asterisk derives from the two thousand year old character called the asteriskos, ※, used when proofreading poetry to mark lines that were duplicated. The asterisk evolved in shape over time, but its meaning as a symbol used to correct defects remained.
vox8 TIL Physicists were able to cool atomic gas below absolute zero at which point it displayed dark-energy like properties and seemingly defied gravity
WkbmB TIL US President Howard Taft was so large that the owner of a hotel in California had a special chair made to accommodate his 160kg body during a visit.