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TIL that Apple does not have a trademark on the “i” prefix.

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JYej1 TIL, aroundf 2.1 billion years ago, there existeed several multicellular organisms, that were likely one of the first forays into multicellularity, they coincided with a brief moment of increased oxygen levels and went extinct after the levels dropped, they do not have any modern-day descendants.
GoQN TIL Harvard Law School listed a white professor who was 1/32nd cherokee as a minority professor in response to criticisms about a lack of faculty diversity
R5RKa TIL : During the Blitz, the British military set up “Starfish towns” as decoys to draw bombers off real towns and military targets. They were bombed over 700 times, saving 2000+ lives.
Orn7 TIL that the London Bridge in Lake Havasu, Arizona is the same bridge that spanned the Thames river in London, England, relocated in 1968.
OoawX TIL Melbourne gave some of its trees email addresses so residents could report problems. Instead, the trees received love letters.