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TIL that fungi live in the ocean too

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Wkmko TIL an objective test found that there was no real perceivable difference in audio performance between a coat hanger soldered to a jack and expensive, high end speaker cables.
9wpnr TIL cheese has morphine-like compound named casomorphin
4ARo TIL billionaire Tom Perkins spelled out a secret message using nautical code flags strung along the length of his enormous yacht. The message? “Rarely does one have the privilege of witnessing vulgar ostentation displayed upon such a scale.”
d871B TIl that Hans Langseth, a Norwegian farmer, travelled across the US as part of a freakshow because of his beard and that when he died, hos beard measured 17.5ft in length.
4kVbg TIL The Carpinteria Tar Pits at Carpinteria State Beach in Santa Barbara are one of five natural asphalt lake areas in the world, 2nd in size to and older than the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles. These tar pits date back to the Pleistocene Age (Ice Epoch), 2.6 million to 11,700 years ago.