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TIL there is a Super Smash Bros fanfic that is over 3x longer than the entire Harry Potter series

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0wxyp TIL that the pattern on British emergency vehicles is officially named after a type of cake.
AN7rg TIL Sassafras the main ingredient to Sarsaparilla and Gumbo File', the roots and bark of the sassafras tree contain a high concentration of the chemical safrole. Safrole was judged a carcinogen by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after testing it on rats in 1960.
9w5DD TIL the Blue Hole is among the deadliest dive sites globally, with estimates of 130 to 200 recent fatalities, making it one of the most dangerous spots for divers.
evvL TIL of the famous 18th-century racehorse named Potoooooooo (Pot-8-Os), whose original name of Potatoes was misspelled on his feed bin by a stable lad. It amused the owner so much that he kept the new name.
a8LZb TIL that the human-dog relationship goes back many thousands of years. A skeleton of a dog, buried 14,000 years ago, was found next to that of two people. The dog skeleton shows that it survived a serious infection as a puppy. Had humans not frequently fed and cleaned the dog, it would have died.