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TIL that there is a tree species that is able to 'walk' by changing its old roots to new ones.

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xP5D TIL that the western lowland gorilla’s scientific name is gorilla gorilla gorilla
7rL5x TIL 99.9% of calico cats are female due to the X chromosome.
8678 TIL that Tommy Chong encouraged Jordan Belfort to write The Wolf of Wall Street while they were prison cellmates.
mEDx TIL the inspiration for the novel Fight Club came to Chuck Palahniuk after he got in a fight on vacation. When he returned back to work none of his coworkers would ask what happened.
1kx7 TIL economic models suggest a policy of completely open borders worldwide would increase world GDP by between 50 and 150 percent