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TIL there is a plant called “Hooker’s Lips” and it looks about how you’d expect

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4er6 TIL Reddit’s founders posted content under lots of fake usernames during the early days to set content tone
XEdVj TIL that Singapore had about 1 murder PER YEAR for the past 20 years. Not per 100K people - but for the entire population of almost 6,000,000.
5YD4n TIL Larry David made a “no hugging, no learning” rule for the 1990's hit sitcom Seinfeld scripts. He didn't want the characters to have sentimental revelations. It was a show about four friends, none with particularly active goals, bantering in between moments of recognizable awkwardness.
wPV6 TIL the company that makes coral snake antivenom in the USA decided it was unprofitable and stopped producing it in 2003. The USA’s stock of coral snake antivenom expired in 2008 but the FDA has extended the date ever since to keep what is left available to the public.
boPa TIL that there was a United States Military Academy class that had 59 of the 164 in the class achieve the rank General and above, 2 achieved the highest rank in the US military. It has been nicknamed The Class the Stars Fell On.