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TIL that there exists a single fungal colony in northern Michigan that stretches across 37 acres, weighs in at 21,000 lbs., and is around 1,500 years old

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9YBaG TIL of a city in the U.S. called George, Washington. The name was chosen by Charlie Brown, a local pharmacist, to honour the first U.S. president.
65Lm TIL The US government has a law enforcement unit consisting entirely of Native Americans who use indigenous tracking/ranging methods to catch drug smugglers on the US-Mexican border. Their unit is called “The Shadow Wolves.”
rRnr4 TIL the last US Civil War widow died in 2008.
wLlKM TIL about Cargo cults a belief system based on the following of a more technologicallly advance society without understanding their culture or their technology. Most commonly associated with island people paying cult to people that stopped on their island.
GAgk7 TIL that Michael Jackson had a patent on the shoes he used in Smooth Criminal, the ones that allowed him to lean forward at a 45° angle.