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TIL that the famous 500 year old Treaty Oak was deliberately vandalized in 1989 with enough herbicide to kill over 100 oak trees. It managed to survive and still thrives today, albeit two-thirds it’s original size

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P1bRZ TIL about King Clone, a ring of creosote bushes in the Mojave desert. At an estimated 11,700 years old it is one of the oldest living organisms on earth.
WkZNB TIL that some corndogs are made from chicken instead of pork
xVOvw TIL that in 1953, Jerry Stiller met actress-comedienne, Anne Meara, and they married in 1954. Until Stiller suggested it, Meara had never thought of doing comedy. Before Seinfeld, the comedy team Stiller and Meara, was successful in the 1960s and 1970s. They were married together for over 60 years.
mnRv TIL the only countries not have ratified the UN treaty for children’s rights are Somalia, South Sudan and the United States
JYO1V TIL that religion was a controversial topic in the 1960 election, with JFK as the first Catholic candidate (still the only Catholic US President to date) against Protestant Nixon, due to the anti-Catholic sentiment at the time.