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TIL the Venus Flytrap plant is native only to the bogs of the Carolinas in the US.

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nWG1o TIL about Dick Stevenson, the legendary Canadian bartender who invented the “sour toe” cocktail. The drink contains a mummified human toe and in when Dick died 5 years ago, his will stated that all 10 of his toes be used in making sour toe cocktails.
neGYr TIL In 1895 there were only two cars in the entire state of Ohio, yet they ended up crashing.
XEkxD TIL Watermelon is an extremely popular food in Japan, often given as gifts and used in a game called "suikawari". Square and rectangle watermelon sell for $300 and are not eaten as they take years to get the shape just right.
p8dBp TIL In 2003, US Intelligence developed a set of playing cards featuring the most wanted members of Saddam Hussein’s regime. They were disturbed among troops to help them identify targets. As of 2018, all but 6 of the 52 most wanted have been either killed, or captured.
ve9x TIL that Former KISS drummer, Peter Criss, as a prank dressed up like a Nazi and knocked on the door to Gene Simmons’ (who is descended from Holocaust survivors) hotel room and demanded to see his papers.