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TIL about a tigress Machli who killed a 4.26 meters (14 feet) crocodile.

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7rrmL TIL Oyster Mushrooms (white edible mushrooms that grow on dead trees) are carnivorous. They have microscopic lassos that attract nematodes with a chemical, then constrict around the nematode and release a toxin that paralyzes the nematode so they can absorb nitrogen from them.
NXe51 TIL about the existence of Cold-water geysers. Instead of using geothermal heat to create pressure they work by pressure from CO2 saturated water
bgd9 TIL there used to be no subreddits and upvotes were called “boosts”
BrlDe TIL the Lewis & Clark expedition only suffered one casualty. Dysentery, snake bites, a dislocated shoulder, venereal disease and Lewis being shot in the buttocks after being mistaken for an elk all threatened the group's well-being, but the only man to die did so as a result of a burst appendix.
gr878 TIL, cold or rainy weather cannot make you sick