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TIL that a tree in Athens, Georgia legally owns itself after the landowner deeded itself and the surrounding land to the tree.

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RaXw TIL water was almost banned in Aliso Viejo, California because of the dihydrogen monoxide hoax
mAdM TIL of Bo Gritz, a former U.S. army green beret who ran for President in the 90s, helped resolve the Ruby Ridge incident and was partially the inspiration for Hannibal from the A-Team
Z8RPv TIL That 200 years ago, Robert Gibbon Johnson ate a whole basket of tomatoes outside a courthouse to prove that they were safe to eat and not posionous!
R76X6 TIL that when South Korea was upset with North Korea over nuclear testing they blasted K-pop music over the border to annoy them and included the boy band hit “Bang Bang Bang.”
PYRen TIL in 1865 Elizabeth Garrett Anderson became the first woman to qualify as a medical doctor in Britain. On the day, 3 out of 7 candidates passed the exam, Garrett with the highest marks. The Society of Apothecaries immediately amended its regulations to prevent other women obtaining a licence.