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TIL that there are trees that have bark that peels away to reveal a second layer of colorful bark, making a rainbow like effect

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XEBrX TIL that in US food labeling, the term "natural" essentially means nothing and does not ensure that the product is unprocessed or all natural in any way.
7vGM TIL that the original rules for basketball did not include dribbling; the ball could only be advanced by passing. Players eventually learned to “pass to themselves.” This was accepted as legal and eventually developed into dribbling.
ADm07 TIL of the old adage: “Red sky at night, sailor's delight. Red sky in morning, sailor's warning". By basing the color of the sunset/sunrise one can tell of the weather conditions for that day/night.
XEEDr TIL 60,000 enlisted men were exposed to Mustard Gas by the US gov't in WWII to test for differences between race.
WkklA Everything around us is made of atoms, but it turns out that the building blocks of the Universe are far stranger than that