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TIL in 2022 the largest plant in the world was found off the Australian coast at 180km long and at least 4500 years old.

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Wke9d TIL the White House press secretary has more DUI charges than White House press conferences
X01G8 TIL the largest eruption in space happened in the galaxy NeVe 1 in the Ophiuchus Cluster. The eruption is 24 duodecillion (2.4 × 10³⁷) times that of Tsar Bomba, 4.7 decillion (4.7 × 10³³) times the largest supervolcano in Earth's history, and 5.7 million times the largest supernova we ever detected.
19Z8 TIL a man was caught at a gay nightclub in Sydney trying to add hydrochloric acid to a lubricant dispenser. He was only caught because the dispensers had a tamper alarm after similar past incidents
LQxYr TIL Regarding the "40% chance of rain" forecast, the breakthrough piece of knowledge I acquired a few years back, that there is a 100% chance of 40% of the area getting rain, is wrong. It means that within a given period of time, there will be a 40% chance of measurable rain in the forecast area.
rRQ51 TIL three cows that were swept off an island in North Carolina during Hurricane Dorian were found alive on a different island. Cape Lookout National Seashore Park officials say they believe the three stranded cows swam up to five miles.