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TIL the most leaves ever found on a single clover is 56

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womV8 TIL that there was a fish-eating dinosaur called "Irritator" that lived in Brazil. It got its name because paleontologists were confused and annoyed by how a complete skull of the dinosaur was artificially elongated by a fossil dealer using bone from other parts of the body and car body filler.
xVQg7 TIL India has the highest number of mosques in the world - 300,000
l7PVA TIL that water tasters were people who tasted a patient's urine in order to help diagnose diabetes, the term mellitus (honey) was added because of the urine's sweet flavor.
lo7nG TIL Television commercials send ultrasonic signals to electronic devices that are used to link the owner to TV viewing habits and to tie multiple devices to one owner.
7rZOM TIL that the Japanese 1 Yen coin is made from Aluminium and is so light that it can float on water.