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TIL Beefsteak fungus (aka poor man's steak) is actually edible

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rNErx TIL before the battle of Drepana in the 1st punic war the roman navy commander Claudius Pulcher was told that the sacred chicken refused to eat. Ignoring the bad omen, he said "let's see if they'll drink instead" and threw them into the sea. He lost the battle
NXgj8 TIL that there's a cafe in Tokyo called Dawn ver.β which hires paralyzed/limited mobility people to operate robot servers remotely so that they can still earn
LQMrd TIL that a Third-Pounder burger failed because the average American did not understand that 1/3 was larger than 1/4.
Z4Ao TIL that North Korea has 3G coverage for 94% of its population, more than for example Germany with 88%.
QNnEL TIL Teddy Roosevelt was the first President to fly in an airplane (although his flight was a year after his was out of office). There's video, even.