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TIL that tumbleweed is not native to the Americas, first appearing in South Dakota in the 1870s when a shipment of flaxseed from Russia was contaminated.

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5VL08 TIL That people have been tracking the average amount the Tooth Fairy pays for a lost tooth, called the Tooth Fairy Index.
m1v0x TIL that desert truffles, cousins of the better known European varieties, are associated with lightning. This delicacy grows under the sands of the Middle East and North Africa and frequently appear after thunderstorms which form nitrogen compounds beneficial to the fungus.
rNeQM TIL that in 1958 interracial marriage was a felony in Virginia
BXVd TIL that the first ever storage device used by Google was made out of LEGO because it presented an easy way to store several hard-drives.
E1gnX TIL William Kamkwamba, after being forced to quit school at 14 due to poverty, taught himself to build windmills out of trash, using books from a local library, transformed his village with electricity and became an international celebrity. Receiving a scholarship to Dartmouth and graduating in 2014