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TIL that there is a mushroom species that can break down plastic.

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oRVdR TIL that court dwarfs were strategically positioned next to the king or queen during public appearances and ceremonies, which, due to their small stature, had the effect of visually enhancing the monarch's presence. They were owned, traded, and delivered as gifts to kings and queens.
X0VGP TIL The "Werewolf Diet," which involves fasting according to lunar phases, particularly during full moons, under the belief that it can aid in weight loss and detoxification.
0m7v TIL Polish doctor Eugene Lazowski saved 8,000 Jews during the Holocaust by injecting dead typhus cells into them, allowing them to test positive for typhus despite being healthy. Germans were afraid of the highly contagious disease and refused to deport them to concentration camps.
v1GX8 TIL that Mount Everest's Peak XV was calculated to be exactly 29,000 ft, but was publicly declared to be 29,002 ft in order to avoid the impression that an exact height of 29,000 ft was nothing more than a rounded estimate.
pYekN TIL that Texas has an embassy in Washington DC.