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TIL of an estimated 1.5 million species of mushrooms and fungi, about 75,000 have been named by scientists, 1100 have documented uses, and 10 are regularly grown for food

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Op8a TIL Muhammad Ali once spoke at a KKK rally where he stated that Nation Of Islam, and he himself, also shared their ideals on racial segregation
R7PD8 TIL in 1740, a mother, annoyed that her son would play immature pranks on people wrote “All his talents lie in things only natural in boys of fifteen years old, and he is about two and fifty; to get people into his garden and wet them, and put things in their beds to make them itch”
j6BAv TIL that Nokia made a taco-shaped phone. The N-Gage was its attempt to enter the video game market, but people mocked the strange shape with "sidetalking" memes. Inserting a new cartridge required removing the battery. Despite big-name games like Sonic and Elder Scrolls, N-Gage was a huge failure.
JJ58 TIL that a scientist once wore glasses with flipped lenses so everything was upside down. After a while, his brain flipped the image so he could see normally again. However, when he took the glasses off, he’s brain continued doing this and his normal vision remained flipped.
wow7W TIL that in 1857, Mormon saints killed an entire wagon train of 120 Arkansans bound for California when they passed through southern Utah. Later dubbed the "Mountain Meadows Massacre," they left only 17 survivors, all under the age of 5, and attempted to raise them in the LDS faith.