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TIL: Atlanta is known as the “City in a Forest” for the most heavily forested urban area in the country”. Tree canopy covers 47.9% of Atlanta

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YpLNv TIL that when Steven Spielberg re-enrolled at California State, Long Beach to earn his BA more than 30 years after dropping out, he was given three course credits in paleontology for making Jurassic Park.
Z8GdY TIL that the great pyramid of Giza is not the pyramid with the chipped top, but actually the pyramid furthest back in the famous picture of all 3.
ZekY TIL in 1942 RMS Laconia was sunk by a German U-Boat who then commenced rescue operations, broadcasting their humanitarian intent on open radio. With a deck full of survivors, USAAF bombers then sunk the boat. The German navy subsequently abandoned attempting rescue of civilian survivors.
8eNKV TIL that the tallest tree ever measured wasn’t actually a redwood. It was an Australian mountain ash. Which was recorded at a height of over 130 metres! (427 ft)
P17QJ TIL: India make up about half of all scam calls in 2022