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TIL there is a rabbit that can grow to the size of a dog

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RRY8 TIL there is a tree that sheds part of its outer bark annually, showing a bright green inner bark which then darkens and matures to give blue, purple, orange and then maroon tones…
QNWx6 TIL the orange is a hybrid between pomelo and mandarin
p8XkA TIL that Ritz crackers were first released during the Great Depression, choosing the name ‘Ritz’ (as in the Ritz hotels) so people would perceive the crackers as high class and fancy, but available at an affordable price
X6rX TIL that in the history of the Earth, we’re closer to Tyrannosaurus Rex than T. Rex is to the Stegosaurus.
nbbd TIL that the Greenland Shark has the longest lifespan of any vertebrate (up to 500 years), and doesn’t even reach sexual maturity until they are 150 years old