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TIL Oyster mushrooms are carnivorous and feed on roundworms by secreting a toxin that paralizes and dissolves them so they can be digested by the mushroom

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m1Xao TIL, There was never an official flag for the country of Austria-Hungary. The flag we were used to, which shows the coat of arm of both country side by side, was a civil ensign used by merchant ships. The Habsburg flag represented Austrian region while the tricolor flag represented Hungarian region.
woZa7 Today I learned that Anglerfish mate by fusing together, the small male will attatch to the larger female, basically becoming a parasite, not all do this
4koMN TIL that in Finnish myth, the World tree in Norse mythology is considered to be an English oak tree that, after it was felled, released its magic to create the universe.
KOydE TIL that Roman Emperor Valentinian died whilst yelling at a group of barbarians due to becoming so angry that a blood vessel in his skull burst
xVpw1 TIL a European group is using back-breeding in attempts to re-introduce the aurochs, a forerunner of all modern cattle which has been extinct since 1627.