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TIL of the Pacific Mandrone Tree (Arbutus menziesii). Native to Western Coastal North America, it has a flakey deep orange-red bark which gives the appearance that the tree is molting.

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Y7ZW TIL that the stronger a man is physically, the more likely his political beliefs will be aligned with his own selfish interests as opposed to the common good.
LQl1r TIL there is a delicacy called 'Laurices' that involves consuming rabbit fetuses.
BPvW TIL the sperm whale was named after a semi-liquid, waxy substance found in the whale’s head that researchers mistakingly thought was semen
Oon67 TIL Progressive once hired a lawyer to defend a driver who killed their customer in an attempt to avoid paying out liability coverage.
Gra1 TIL Frank Whittle, the inventor of the turbojet engine, wrote: “Good thing I was too stupid to know this” on a academic report stating gas turbine aircraft engines were “beyond the realm of possibility”.