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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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bVb9 TIL that the film Saving Private Ryan (1998) was so realistic that not only did veterans leave theaters during the opening scene, but visits to PTSD counselors rose and the Dept of Veteran Affairs set up a nationwide hotline for veterans affected by this film.
OGD16 TIL Black Widow Spiders play dead
QN8Vd TIL: Paper planes were not made to mimic air planes. They predate airplanes by more than 2000 years.
EwK7 TIL that “Pan” the second moon of Saturn, is irregularly shaped because it has accidentally captured some of Saturn’s ring material.
grwRA TIL that Shi Yousan, a Chinese general, betrayed a total of seven forces (the forces of Wu Peifu, Feng Yuxiang, Chiang Kai-shek, Wang Jingwei, Zhang Xueliang, the Chinese Communist Party, and Japan) and thus was known as the "Defector General".