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TIL that there is a tree that legally "owns itself" and the land within 8 feet of the tree

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o1xW TIL in 2004 during the Harvard/Yale Annual American football match, Yale students tricked Harvard supporters to hold up placards, that when raised spelt out “WE SUCK”
nWEKP TIL a 2013 survey, involving 1,081 doctors regarding advance end-of-life directives, found that 88.3% said they would choose do-not-resuscitate or "no code" orders for themselves.
eag6 TIL NASA plans to capture and redirect an asteroid to orbit the moon. Astronauts will explore the asteroid and return to Earth with samples. This experience will help NASA test new systems & capabilities, such as solar electric propulsion, which will send cargo as part of human missions to Mars.
ep7Gn TIL about Don Arrigo Beccari, a WW2 Catholic Priest, who was responsible for smuggling 120 Jewish children to safety, despite intense Nazi surveillance. When the Nazis captured him and tortured him for months, he still kept quiet. He was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations in 1964.
M7BmK TIL that every dog testicle examined in a study contained microplastics. So did human testicles