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TIL of a form of refrigeration that does not need moving parts and cacn run on a cup of kerosene

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J1wn8 TIL The scientific name for the famous Corpse Flower (a very large flowering plant that blooms only once every 7-10 years and releases an unbearable scent of feces and rotting flesh) is Amorphophallus titanum, which in Latin translates roughly to "giant, shapeless dick."
PYNmG TIL that Gore-Tex was discovered as attempt to reduce cable isolation costs
dDjL7 TIL about Precordial catch syndrome, a phenomenon in which you get sporadic stabbing pains in the chest, which is harmless
Ldwr TIL In the 1920s a new species of hominid was discovered in China and given to the United States during WW2 to protect it from the Japanese. The nearly 200 fossils went missing during the attack on Pearl Harbor and have not been seen since.
yrEa TIL: A McDonald’s southwest salad has more calories than a Bacon McDouble cheeseburger