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TIL that Mushrooms Communicate With Each Other Using A 50-Word Vocabulary

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OGxp1 TIL the current flag of South Africa is only 30 years old and was literally designed a few weeks prior to it being officially hoisted on 27 April 1994
4kMw5 TIL that evidence of slavery predates written records; the practice has existed in many cultures and can be traced back 11,000 years ago due to the conditions created by the invention of agriculture during the Neolithic Revolution.
PYDlw TIL There were lots of sketchy criticality accidents during the Manhattan Project and other early nuclear weapons research. E.g. One scientist died after dropping a Tungsten Carbide brick onto a Plutonium sphere which reflected more neutrons back onto it increasing the radiation
4k8oN TIL about the hindu goddess Kamadhenu, mother of all cows and a deity who is considered a miraculous cow of plenty. She was depicted as a white cow with wings, a female head and boobs and tail of a peafowl.
VmOD TIL in 2007, a 75 year old woman from Virginia named Mona Shaw, smashed up a comcast office with a hammer from being fed up with their poor customer service.