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R5k47 TIL that the talipot palm produces the world's largest flower cluster (inflorescence) containing one to several million flowers. It grows up to 25m tall, takes 30 to 80 years to reach maturity to flower and then dies immediately afterwards, having drained all its nutrients in the process.
oNEr TIL traditional Samoans valued a bride’s virginity so much, the chief would break her hymen in public so the entire tribe could see his bloody fingers.
PYm0L TIL that to celebrate his 6 millionth pound of dropped ordnance, Clarence J. Stoddard bombed North Vietnam with a toilet.
x6PYD TIL that the first true automobile was invented by Karl Benz
GY1w1 TIL that Medieval Europeans thought that hedgehogs collected grapes on their spines.