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TIL that the "pink slime" that sometimes grows in bathrooms isn't a mold, it's actually an airborne bacterium called Serratia marcescens that feeds on soap, hence why it thrives in bathtubs.

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Yp87d TIL fewer than 1 in 10 Americans meet the minimum daily fruit recommendation.
wlwJ TIL Japan’s oldest business, temple builder Kongo Gumi, in operation under the founders’ descendants since AD 578, went out of business in 2006.
mQwv TIL that a cow named Cincinnati Freedom evaded police officers for 11 days after jumping a six-foot fence to escape a slaughterhouse; after finally being caught, and she was given the “key to the city” by Cincinnati’s mayor and allowed to live out her days in a NY sanctuary
b66JN TIL that the acronym Gestapo was created by a postal clerk who needed the name of the Geheime Staatspolizei to fit on a standard-sized postal stamp.
1Mr7 TIL while free to watch online, the single ticket price for attending a TED talk starts at $8,500.