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TIL that before trees were common, Earth Was Covered by Giant Mushrooms

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jND9M TIL that in 2009 Icelandic engineers accidentally drilled into a magma chamber with temperatures up to 1000C (1832F). Instead of abandoning the well like a previous project in Hawaii, they decided to pump water down and became the most powerful geothermal well ever created.
womNJ TIL 5-star hotels in Asia are required to offer free toothpaste to guests. This requirement does not apply in the US, where even some prisoners have to pay for toothpaste at the commissary.
xL17 TIL most languages name the game of Chess after their word for “check”
a8WRb TIL that before the 16th century, most carrots were purple
rRZEd TIL the song 'Scotty Doesn't Know' from the film EuroTrip reached #53 on the US Billboard Pop chart.