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TIL when Stalin mispronounced a word while giving a speech, all subsequent speakers felt obliged to repeat the mistaken pronunciation in order to avoid the perception that they were correcting him.

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AN9aB TIL Rafflesia arnoldii, the corpse flower, or giant padma, is a species of flowering plant in the parasitic genus Rafflesia. It is noted for producing the largest individual flower on Earth, over 3 feet in diameter. It has a strong and unpleasant odor of decaying flesh.
kvNW TIL that fans still express condolences to the Blue Öyster Cult over the loss of Gene Frenkle, famed cowbell musician, despite the fact that he is a fictional character
AD757 TIL the Pot-in-pot refrigerator uses a porous outer clay pot (lined with wet sand) containing an inner pot within which food is placed. The evaporation of the outer liquid draws heat from the inner pot, and requires only a flow of relatively dry air and a source of water, but no electricity.
R5lZ9 TIL The root cause of transient motion-related illnesses (e.g., seasickness, carsickness), especially why some people seem to be inherently immune, is not fully understood.
BrgVr It’s happened before. In 1982, Angela Cavallo lifted a 1964 Chevy Impala off her teenage son, Tony, who was working on the car’s suspension when the jacks failed and the car fell on him.