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TIL that prehistoric, tree-like, giant cucumbers still exist on the island of Socotra. It is the only place on earth they still survive, and are facing extinction due to human encroachment.

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l8rV TIL of the greatest flood the world has ever known - the Missoula Floods. It created the Scablands in WA in as little as 48 hours where at one point was the largest and most powerful waterfall in the history of the Earth.
pD4Z TIL that the phrases ‘PIN Number’ and 'ATM Machine’ are both examples of 'RAS Syndrome’, or Redundant Acronym Syndrome Syndrome.
JY6vv TIL while he was in prison awaiting his trail (and eventual execution), Saddam Hussen was forced by U.S. Marines to repeatedly watch “South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut,” in which he was portrayed as Satan’s homosexual lover.
gMGQL TIL current popular pornstar Jada Kai was previously an Olympic level figure skater in her teens and twenties, real name Melissa Bulanhagui
m1Xlp TIL that the flag of Bermuda has a sinking ship on it.