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TIL palm trees aren't trees. They're just massive plants like bamboo or banana 'trees'

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EXLV TIL Slipknot’s third album contains almost zero profanity as a response to critics who said vocalist Corey Taylor over relied on swearing in his lyrics
5r1B TIL a man in Sweden was charged with child pornography and was convicted in the district court and in the court of appeal, for having drawn cartoon pictures of naked, underaged cartoon characters.
W76RB TIL about the small town of Swastika, Ontario. During WW2, the provincial government tried to change the town's name. The town's residents rejected this, stating "To hell with Hitler, we came up with our name first".
ne76P TIL that playing Dungeons & Dragons with 4 or more people in prison constitutes a ‘Security Threat Group’ or gang. The gang hierarchy being formed by the players and the dungeon master.
8aKk8 TIL modern fire departments were the creation of insurance companies. Insurance companies hired private brigades to put out fires for their policy holders. Each insurance company had their own brigade and would extinguish the fires of their customers while leaving non-customer properties to burn.