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TIL that Joe Rogan is Gerard and Mikey Way's second cousin

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6kEl TIL: There’s a plant called marsh mallow and it is the plant used in original marsh mallows. It is no longer used in marsh mallows today.
WkvRL TIL: Giant crabs exist! They are called coconut crabs. True to name they can crack a coconut and eat it, but they also kill and eat birds and other small animals.
ANAKx TIL In 1906 Andrew Carnegie formed the Simplified Spelling Board to fix spelling in the English language. Teddy Roosevent was ready to impose their recommendations but he and Carnegie disagreed on how to get the public to adopt. So we're still stuck with that "d" and "e" in Wednesday.
e0Kgn TIL that wax worms can eat and break down one of the most common plastics, polyethylene. Their digestive process breaks the plastic's chemical bond, producing an organic compound.
0Zop TIL according to the book “Light My Fire” by fellow Doors member Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison was in fact singing “I woke up this mornin’ and I got myself a beard”, as the song allegedly tells of Morrison waking up after 3 weeks of drug induced sleep.