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TIL that trees can communicate with each other through a network of underground fungi, known as the "Wood Wide Web," to share nutrients, warn of dangers, and even support sick or dying trees.

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Qr5d TIL that one of the biggest slave trades in history was Barbary slave trade in which millions of Europeans were enslaved by North Africans between 16th and 19th century.
8aK68 TIL Kareem Abdul-Jabber has written Sherlock Holmes novels and an episode of Veronica Mars
jNyXR TIL during WWII a Japanese submarine attacked coastal targets near Ellwood and Santa Barbara, California. The Steven Spielberg film, 1941, is partly based on this incident.
OGXAa TIL about Clem the only wild american alligator caught in the state of Arizona
ydDM TIL Berkeley Univesity used live bear mascots up until 1940.