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TIL that Nebraska community college student Katy Ayers grew a canoe out of mushroom roots (mycelium) to prove fungi is a bio-friendly building material. It floats with two passengers, but when it gets wet it fruits (sprouts mushrooms). Katy plans to get a Ph.D. in mycology then help save the planet.

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9ww9X TIL that there are twins in British Columbia who are conjoined by the head. Due to them sharing a brain, they can see through each other’s eyes and ‘hear’ each other’s thoughts.
JYrkj TIL John Quincy Adams was an avid swimmer and frequently swam in the Potomac. While president, he almost drowned when one of his swimming expeditions went awry. He continued to swim afterward, anyway, against his physician's advice.
awVEJ TIL that Michelangelo's painting "The Last Judgment" features naked men kissing one another and one man being dragged to hell by his testicles. Scholars believe the homoerotic figures were inspired by male prostitutes in baths and brothels that Michelangelo frequented in 16th century Rome.
mxMLE TIL considered today the worlds largest living organism is a grove of 47,000 Aspen which are basically clones of each other. Together they would weigh around 6,600 tons (5,987 metric tons). The General Sherman sequoia itself weighs just a few hundred tons less, a testament to the size of a sequoia.
9Wy7 TIL airlines that use U.S. controlled airspace must pay $0.49 per mile to fly over land and $0.20 per mile to fly over the ocean. Fees are waived if flight takes off or lands in the U.S.