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TIL that cork flooring and wine corks are created using the bark of the Cork Oak tree. The tree isn't cut down. The bark is harvested & begins to regenerate quickly to be harvested every 7 years. The Cork Oak isn't harmed & is therefore a sustainable resource.
M7GDa
TIL Annette Obrestad claims to have won a $4 180 person poker multi table tournament playing blind (only looking at her cards once) She went on to become the youngest person to win a World Series of Poker bracelet and held the record for the largest payout to a female player
gr59b
TIL about the Seikilos epitaph, considered the oldest musical composition ever found. The stone contains a song, a poem and a dedication from a man named Seikilos to a woman named Euterpe.