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TIL the mold in blue cheese is Penicillium

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V5Vm TIL a black man won the 1st US Open Tennis title in 1968 and no black man has won it since.
NLyP TIL Cameron Lyle, a college senior track and field athlete was awarded the NCAA’s Award of Valor in 2013 for ending his collegiate career one month early, ending his chances for a gold medal, in order to be a bone marrow donor to a 28 year old father with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
kOZPW TIL caddisfly larvae spin protective cases out of silk that incorporates bits of sand, gravel, twigs, or other material.
j76E TIL there’s a Darth Vader sculpture on the Washington National Cathedral
16nVW TIL that the 3rd largest coral reef in the world is in Biscayne National Park, which is unique for being 95% underwater.