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TIL that the largest living organism on the planet is a fungus! In the state of Oregon, USA, there is an Armillaria ostoyae – also known as the 'honey fungus' – that spans approximately 965 hectares (around 2,400 acres).

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wolJ TIL that Mother Teresa did not administer painkillers to those infirmed in her homes for the dying (one could “hear the screams of people having maggots tweezered from their open wounds without pain relief”), believing that pain brought them closer to Christ.
NnyP TIL a mailman noticed a dead body on the porch of a home he was delivering mail to, dismissed it as a Halloween prop and continued on his route. It was the dead homeowner who collapsed and died coming home from work.
MeKYW TIL In 1930, an 8-story building in Indianpolis was moved 52 feet and rotated 90 degrees in a month, without the occupants losing a single day of work
0dXjv TIL the spade-toothed whale, the rarest species of beaked whale, was only known from skull remains until two individuals were beached in New Zealand in 2012. It has never been seen alive.
5Ykpp TIL during a rugby match in 1978 JPR Williams was deliberately stamped on by an opposing New Zealand player, ripping his cheek open and leaving his teeth visible through the wound. Williams lost two pints of blood and had his dad sew 30 stitches to close the injury before rejoining the match