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Me8b0 TIL the world's oldest living organism is 13,000 years old and is a shrub in Pennsylvania.
mxmLv TIL Elephants risk their lives to mine a cave in an extinct volcano in Kenya. The rock has 100 times more sodium than what they normally eat, as well as being rich in potassium and calcium. They dig with their tusks, grind it and swallow it. The bones of those who didn't make it line the trail.
p8mvN TIL many Jews fought back against the Nazis. Eta Wrobel escaped transport to a concentration camp and helped organize a resistance group. Refusing to just cook and clean, she carried a weapon on patrols and set mines to destroy German vehicles. Once, she dug a bullet out of her own leg with a knife.
4XVdX TIL "The Scooby Doo" Movie was originally going to be rated R, with swears and nudity.
a8719 TIL Bhutan was the first country to make smoking illegal in public places in 2005