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TIL That to communicate through the network, trees send chemical, hormonal and slow-pulsing electrical signals, which scientists are just beginning to decipher.

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Z6EG TIL that Jefferson Davis in 1861 hoped to become a general in the Confederate Army. He was stunned and horrified to learn that he had been elected the first president of the Confederate States of America.
wLlw1 TIL In 1965, the Welsh village Capel Celyn and surrounding farms were flooded in order to make a reservoir to provide water for Liverpool despite protests from the locals and the Welsh Members of Parliament.
gN9L TIL that the blue Power Ranger Billy Cranston got his surname from the actor Bryan Cranston who had voiced several monsters on the show earlier in his career.
WkQM8 TIL the word Avocado comes from a Nahuatl Indian (Aztec) word “ahuácatl” meaning testicle.
OGneY TIL: Australia claims ~5.9 million square kilometres of Antarctica (about 42%)