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TIL The DEA taught Bryan Cranston how to make meth for Breaking Bad

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MeyAm TIL - A symbiotic fungus can turn regular pine trees into carnivorous plants that consume up to 90% of soil-dwelling insects the fungus-infected roots can reach for their nitrogen, which the trees use for growth
QNZyk TIL Sony sold its waterproof Walkmans in a bottle of water to prove it was really water proof!
KbYR TIL that despite the claims of the play/movie “Amadeus”, W.A. Mozart and Antonio Salieri were actually good friends, supportive of each others’ work, and there is no evidence that Salieri obstructed Mozart’s career other than the fact that Salieri was more established and well known.
D1QDv TIL the USSR was so massive it covered 1/6 of the world's land — about as big as North America
8axeP TIL of Helen Gandy who was Edgar Hoover's secretary for 54 years. The day of his death, she resigned and destroyed all of his personal FBI files that he used to manipulate key Washington figures.