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TIL There are more redwoods in the UK than in California. Many were planted in the Victorian era and are still growing taller.

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6wp7 TIL that in some states there is a legal definition of being an idiot and that these people are not allowed to vote
m1RaM TIL as of 2024 there are 756 billionaires residing in the USA alone
Z97Y TIL a man endured Mengele removing a kidney without anaesthesia and survived Auschwitz because he was the 201st person in line for a 200-person gas chamber.
wpMM TIL that a band, Vulfpeck, raised 20,000$ for a tour by streaming an album called “Sleepify” on Spotify. The album consisted of 10 tracks of nothing, for a total of 5 minutes of silence. Fans were urged to play this when they went to bed, and after 5.5 million streams the album was taken down.
KGKJ TIL Astronaut Frank Culbertson was the only American in space on 9/11/01, where he witnessed the damage to the World Trade Center and the Pentagon from a completely unique vantage point.