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TIL about fasciation, a rare genetic abnormality in plants where they appear to stretch like a glitch in the matrix

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jN9vQ TIL Russian stereotype of being vodka drinkers stems back for 4 centuries when the rulers and government would produce cheap vodka as a stream of revenue
7rEw7 TIL a Conservative politician hanged himself while wearing women's underwear. He also had a garbage bag over his head and an orange segment in his mouth.
neQ7o TIL that Alexander Graham Bell tried to teach his dog to talk
KrXE TIL that Saudi Arabia’s religious police have an “Anti-Witchcraft Unit” who operate a hotline to which citizens can report magic.
E1abW TIL that the Soviet Union loved Bollywood films. The values of Indian society and the USSR were very similar and the socialist country enjoyed the common rags to riches narrative. In fact, the highest grossing film of the Soviet Era was a 1982 Bollywood film called Disco Dancer.