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TIL that 2000 year old date seeds that were found in a historic mountainside fortress were planted in 2005 and sprouted a sapling

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VMnZ TIL: A species of locust with a uniquely large swarm density used to plague the United States and Canada until extinction in 1903, leaving western North America with an agricultural advantage over most other areas.
9nDD TIL Scientists at UCLA noticed that “time and time again” people suffered their first experience with anxiety or depression right after stomach illnesses. They did brain scans after patients ate probiotics, and found that stomach bacteria actually directly affected connectivity of the brain.
xXyg TIL that in the 1700s, “macaroni” was a slang term for a fashionable man who dressed in an outlandish and androgynous fashion. Hence the mocking verse, “…stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni.”
gVN8 TIL Your cat thinks you’re a much larger cat with good taste in food
Va8B TIL The Dead Sea Shrinks About 3 Feet Every Year And Will Be Gone In 30 Years.