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TIL of a new buiding material - mushroom mycelium - that is stronger than concrete and water-, mold- and fire-resistant. It generates no waste and takes nearly no energy. The Museum of Modern Art has a 40ft. tower of fungus bricks designed to provide cool air and shade to customers.

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awy7J TIL Of St. Priapus Church, a religion based on the worship of penises. Fellatio is seen as a commandment, a good deed which has positive effects not just for the recipient but for society in general, a practice facilitating world peace.
MD5K TIL, in 1999, a Florida man auctioned his kidney on Ebay. The post read “You can choose either kidney. Buyer pays all transplant and medical costs. Of course only one for sale, as I need the other one to live. Serious bids only.” The bids reached $5.7 million before the company abruptly ended it.
Bvyb TIL that the richest woman in Germany met her future husband while she was working in an apprenticeship at BMW (which she owned 12.5 percent of) under a fake name. He had no idea who she actually was until they were sure about their relationship.
wLQEP TIL Silver foxes were selectively bred for domestication in the 1950's in order to study evolution. As with dogs, the ears started to droop as physical manifestation of docility, and some even started vocalizing barks as like dogs
wLbNo TIL butterflies do not urinate or defecate, but the caterpillar almost continually defecates. When there are enough caterpillars in the same place, their defecation is audible.