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TIL of the "Order of the Occult hand," a secret society of journalists that slip the meaningless and telltale phrase "It was as if some occult hand had…" in print as an inside joke.

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Ye7P TIL that Cameron Diaz and Snoop Dogg went to school together and Cameron used to buy weed off him
R5jpw TIL about Ovicula, a plant discovered in 2024 by Big Bend National Park botanist Debra Manley. Named "wooly devil" because of its hairy leaves and ray florets resembling devil horns, it is the first new plant species discovered in a U.S. National Park since 1976.
ADO7l TIL all men have a scar of what was supposed to be the vagina. During embryotic development, everyone has a genital opening. In females, it develops into the labia and vagina. When male hormones enter, it is fused together, leaving a scar that runs from the anus, over the scrotum and up the penis.
NX5Mb Today I learned that momma birds don't barf in their babies mouths, but instead have a special pouch called a crop
LkxY0 TIL, old books have a particular smell due to lignin being present in the paper. Lignin is related to vanillin, leading them to have a faint vanilla scent.