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TIL in 1831 the Swedish Navy planted over 300,000 oak trees with the intention of harvesting them for ships 150 years later. They remain unharvested today.

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9wL77 TIL: Ducks have ballistic penises and corkscrew vaginas
d8kBj TIL In 1973 when 16-year-old John Paul Getty III was kidnapped, his billionaire oil tycoon grandfather agreed to pay no more than $2.2 million—the maximum amount that was tax deductible—and lent the remainder to his son, who was responsible for repaying the sum at four percent interest.
grXgX TIL: Navajo believe transgender people have the special ability of understanding male/female, such as people who are male & understand the feeling of the female or a female who understands the feelings of those who are male, and they are considered very special people
0Eo5 TIL that “Our Gang” (a/k/a “The Little Rascals”) prominently put boys, girls, whites and blacks together as equals, something that had never been done before in cinema. Ernie Morrison (“Sunshine Sammy”) was the first African-American actor signed to a long-term contract in Hollywood history.