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TIL Mandrakes are real. In one superstition, people who pull up the root will be condemned to hell. The mandrake root would scream as it was pulled from the ground, killing anyone who heard it. In the past, people tied the roots to animals and then used the animals to pull the roots from the soil.

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QJg4a TIL the oldest person to ever complete a marathon is Fauja Singh, who ran the Toronto Waterfront Marathon in 2011 at the ripe old age of 100 years - also making him the only ever centenarian to do such! He completed the 42 kilometres in a bit over 8 hours.
k4vW TIL there exists another government in the U.S. called the Republic for the United States of America. They claim the U.S. is a corporation and has been unlawful since 1871.
Z8rJQ TIL that there is a species of pulsating worm called the fat inn keeper worm that reaches up to 10 inches in length and is also commonly called the “penis fish” due to its uncanny resemblance to the male anatomy.
XEnxP TIL There is a "World’s Smallest Target Store" in Marathon, Texas. An unknown person painted a bullseye and the word Target on the side of a former railroad structure and turned it into an art installation.
9YV5M TIL Kristian Nairn, the actor who played Hodor in Game of Thrones, is a house/EDM music DJ, and he has played alongside people like Fatboy Slim and Steve Aoki. He also headlines his own “Rave of Thrones” club show, a fully immersive Game of Thrones clubbing experience which has toured the UK and US.