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TIL 400 million years ago, there were giant mushrooms as tall as a tree – 26 feet tall and about 3 feet wide

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0wGNR TIL that New York City alone has more people than Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and New Mexico combined
PlyO TIL McDaniel College offers a class that breaks down South Park episodes and looks at the real world social issues Matt and Trey are portraying
awd8o TIL Sunflower (Helianthus tuberosus) root, also called Jersualem artichokes or Sunchokes, are native to North America. Native Americans were first to cultivate sunflower roots for food. Resists cold, drought, wind. The roots contain inulin, which is firmly established to decrease blood cholesterol.
Y7epW TIL that the term 'Wiki' was coined in 1995 by Ward Cunningham after the Wiki Wiki Shuttle bus in Hawaii. Wiki means 'quick' in Hawai'ian.
VMRED TIL Mama llama's hum to their babies and can spit from three different stomachs depending on how much they don't like you.