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TIL British scientists found three previously unknown species of mushrooms in a commercial packet purchased from a small Chinese supermarket in London

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wLRm8 TIL Before 1952 golfers couldn't mark their ball on the green, even if it interfered with another player's putt
lodNa TIL That in July of 2000, the Taliban banned growing Poppies in Afghanistan, and succeeded in reducing production by 99%. This success was short lived however, ending when the Taliban was overthrown by the United States. Afghanistan poppies now account for roughly 90% of the global heroin trade.
8arXP TIL that there are more IPv6 addresses than there are atoms on the surface of the Earth.
rRrLy TIL of Intimacy coordinators in movie sets. They are hired to ensure the sex scenes remain safe and follow rules and oversee sex scenes to avoid potential issues.
w766 TIL In 1896 in Texas, a railroad agent organized a head-on collision between 2 locomotives as part of a publicity stunt for his railroad company and got 40K people to show up. Unexpectedly, the crash caused both engine boilers to explode, killing 3 people and injuring scores of others.