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TIL That there are grapes that taste like cotton candy!

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YYmr TIL Margaret Ann Neve is history’s first recorded supercentarian, having lived in the 18th, 19th and 20th century.
m15XY TIL there is a species of mushroom that infects and zombifies carpenter ants. The mushroom slowly takes control of the ant’s motor functions and leads them away from the colony to die in a place ideal for growing. Then the mushroom grows out of the ant’s head.
697MZ TIL that Small Business Saturday was created and promoted by American Express.
a8V8N TIL due to copyright expiration, The Wizards of Oz (1939) will be free to post anywhere without repercussions starting in 2035.
BrZ7W TIL that in London in 1814, a vat at the Horse Shoe Brewery ruptured unleashing 1,470,000 L of beer which poured down Tottenham Court Road in a 15ft wave destroying two houses, a pub, and killing at least 8 people