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TIL there is a species of fungus that only exists in Texas and rural Japan, and is thought to have been in both places for 19 million years

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rJpx TIL that the founders of Outback Steakhouse have never been to Australia
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ewRL TIL that in India, you can only run for local government if you have two or fewer children.
P1ZZe TIL You could fit all the planets of the Solar System between the Earth and the Moon
vPgVL TIL “White” mushrooms are just immature portobello mushrooms.