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TIL the oldest living plant is at least 43,000 years old

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PYwAZ TIL about United States v. Darby Lumber Co., a 1941 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld federal min. wage and labor laws. Congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce, and can prevent states from using substandard labor practices to gain an economic advantage over other states.
VMOxp TIL about Georgia Ann Robinson. The first African-American policewoman with the LAPD. In 1919, she was officially appointed to a position of police officer. After having joined as a volunteer in 1916 during WWI.
XEdYE TIL in 2008, a woman who had been missing for 24 years was discovered to be locked up against her will in her father's basement for all those years. In a prison interview, the father said: "Just look into the cellars of other people, you might find other families and other girls down there."
ZEDD TIL Alex the Parrot is the only non-human animal to have ever asked an existential question. It also had a vocabulary of 100+ words.
Wk5Y8 TIL not only was Sterling Holloway Jr. the voice actor of the snake Kaa in the 1967 “The Jungle Book” and the Cheshire Cat in the 1951 “Alice in Wonderland”, but most famously he was the original voice of Pooh from “Winnie the Pooh”.