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TIL the ‘ghost orchid’ has no leaves or stem, and is simply a system of roots when it is not flowering.

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R7l07 TIL that in 1924, H. P. Lovecraft was hired to ghostwrite a story for Harry Houdini about Houdini's supposedly true escape from an Egyptian cult. Lovecraft lost the only copy on the way to his own wedding, and spent much of his honeymoon rewriting it with his wife's help.
odxY TIL Teddy Roosevelt helped save American Football by urging rules changes to make the game safer after 19 players died during the 1905 season.
a8PJJ TIL that Kate Winslet's husband, Abel Smith, legally changed his name to "Ned Rocknroll" from 2008 to 2019 and now they have a son called "Bear Blaze"
6EGpX TIL there was a global search to find a mate for Jeremy, a rare left-coiling snail. Because his shell coiled counterclockwise, the opposite direction of typical snails, his sex organs could not align with others. Two candidates were found but they proceeded to mate with each other instead of Jeremy.
d8R9E TIL the ‘Swiss Army Man’ directors had a dummy made up of Daniel Radcliffe, assuming he didn’t want to do the weird, nude, farting stunts and lay around in dirt. But he loved it so much, he insisted on doing every scene.