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TIL that a single sunflower is actually an inflorescence made of up to thousands of smaller flowers

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p8ZO8 TIL An astronaut smuggled a corned-beef sandwich into space. After taking a bite, crumbs and rye started floating around the cabin. It has been referred to as '$30 million sandwich.' NASA have taken steps to prevent corned-beef sandwiches from being taken on future flights.
VMvdG TIL Abraham Lincoln's son Robert Todd Lincoln was either present or nearby during the assassinations of three U.S presidents. After the third assassination he vowed to never accept another presidential invite.
DoeP TIL: Mary Bowser, a freed slave with a Quaker education and a photographic memory, posed as a slow witted slave to spy for the Union in Confederate president Jefferson Davis’ household through much of the Civil War.
b7Q7 TIL Ernest Hemingway was challenged to write a short story in only six words. It was so good, it was said to made people cry: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”
kPn1 TIL Irena Sendlar, the “Oskar Schindler,” smuggled 2500 Jewish infants out of the Warsaw Ghetto during WW2. When caught by the Nazis she had her limbs broken and was beaten. When nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize she lost to Al Gore, who made a PowerPoint slideshow on global warming.