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TIL the location of the world's tallest tree is kept secret to keep the tree safe.

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7V0x TIL: That a man in the 60’s starved himself for a year under medical supervision and survived. He lost 275 lbs!
7rgVP TIL That after winning the battle of Kleidion in 1014, the Byzantine Emperor Basil II took an estimated 14,000-15,000 prisoners, and punished them by sorting them into groups of a 100, then blinded 99 men in each one and left a single man in each with one eye so that he could lead the others home.
woxv6 TIL of Roman Emperor Valentinian I who died of a stroke while yelling at Envoys
D1a4v TIL lightning can heat the surrounding air to as hot as 50,000 °F, three time hotter than the surface of the sun. As the super heated air cools, it produces a particular vacuum. The rapid contraction and expansion of this air is what causes thunder.
Z854 TIL that in 1450 a large pack of wolves killed 40 people in the middle of Paris