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TIL that Twitter's bird logo is named Larry after Larry Bird.

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OoQ06 TIL when explorers first saw the Giant Sequoia trees in Northern California, they named the biggest one "The Discovery Tree," and immediately made plans to cut it down. The felled tree was used to advertise as a tourist attraction with the tree's stump used as a dance floor.
8epbL TIL Dutch artist Francis Alÿs pushed a block of ice around Mexico City for 9 hours to symbolize the frustration that everyday residents of Mexico City endure in an effort to improve their living conditions
0d9gN TIL that the second-highest mountain in the world, K2, has an overall death rate of 13% and only 377 people have successfully climbed it (compared to 11,258 Everest summits).
XZ6E TIL in 1995, Robert Metcalfe predicted that the Internet would collapse in 1996 and that he would “eat his words” if it did not. In 1997, he blended a printed copy of his speech with liquid and drank the mixture.
woMAJ TIL In 1877, the annual side-by-side rowing race between Oxford and Cambridge on the Thames River ended in controversy when it was declared a tie. The decision came from the finishing judge, “Honest” John Phelps, who was over 70 years old and reportedly blind in one eye.