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TIL that Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, had sex for the first time on her mother's grave

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MWXW TIL Spiderwort is natures Geiger counter the petals of the flower turn from blue to pink when exposed to radiation
Z8jmo TIL in 2015 Equity LifeStyle Properties, the US' largest trailer park owner, had controlling interests in nearly 140,000 parks.
PYerV TIL it took 49 years to publish the first authoritative English dictionary. It took five years to publish the first part, A to Ant.
xQww TIL a man has hidden $2 million worth of gold in an unknown location. The only clue to the location is a poem. So far, people have came as close to 200 feet of the treasure, but has not yet been discovered.
Z8Qaa TIL that newborn blue whales gain about 200 pounds each day during the first year of their lives.