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TIL In 2015 a new species of damselfly was discovered in Africa. The scientists who discovered it ended up naming the new species Umma gumma after Pink Floyd's 1969 experimental album Ummagumma.

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kOXdB TIL in August 1968 after being turned down by 19 other teams, the Atlanta Braves signed 62-year-old pitcher Satchel Paige so he could get his MLB pension. He needed only 158 days on an active roster to reach the five-year minimum required to receive his pension. He collected $250 a month.
N7BrJ TIL: In 2007, a British woman with a Brazil nut allergy suffered the first recorded severe allergic reaction transmitted by semen during vaginal intercourse.
OoQrR TIL a banana tree is not really a tree, but a perennial herb, a distant cousin of ginger. Bananas are technically berries.
96kB TIL: The World Wide Web is 22 today.
OG0Da TIL a jet on autopilot continued flying for over 4 hours after all on board had died due to rapid depressurization. It was carrying 11 time PGA winner Payne Stewart. Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien authorized the Royal Canadian Air Force to shoot down the plane if it entered Canadian airspace.