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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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GYYPj Is the world finally ready for cellular agriculture, meat grown in a laboratory, or whatever else the latest marketing attempts are calling it?
RJM1 TIL before 1996, English courts had a “year and a day” rule where if it takes someone longer than a year and a day to kill someone then it is not counted as murder.
7rdaX TIL mail-in ballots work
b9lRj TIL of Hart Island, AKA “Island of the Dead”, off the coast of New York City. It’s the largest tax-funded cemetery in the world with over 1 million unclaimed bodies. The bodies are buried by prisoners from Rikers Island. All graves are unmarked. Nobody is allowed on.
pDNQ TIL in the 90’s Rick James and his girlfriend were charged for kidnapping a music executive and beating her for 20 hours. This happened while they were out on bail for holding a different woman hostage for 20 days, sexually assaulting her and burning her with a crack pipe.