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TIL that orchids are named for the Greek órkhis, literally meaning "testicle." The name is for the shape of the root. NSFW

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BgwJr TIL that in Romania in 1999, a man and a woman died of carbon monoxide poisoning while having sex in a car parked in a garage with the engine running and won the 1999 Darwin Award.
9wJXr TIL that catfish can taste with every part of their body. They have more than 100,000 taste buds on the surface of their bodies, ­making them virtual swimming tongues.
x6o41 TIL one of Stanford University's Founders may have been killed by its first President
8aNjb TIL that the FDA has banned Kraft Singles from using the term "pasteurized processed cheese food", meaning that all Kraft Singles are now known as "pasteurized prepared cheese product" instead.
a1J TIL that after Selena’s slaying, gang members in Texas attempted to raise $500,000 for the bond set on Yolanda Saldivar, her killer, so that they could murder her once she was released.