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TIL sharks existed before trees

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E1baP TIL in 2014 scientists discovered that trees can both absorb, and emit methane
0d6Kv TIL of Roald Amundsen. The first person to reach the North and South poles.
LdKV TIL First Ladies Edith Wilson and Nancy Reagan are both descendants of Pocahontas.
ANxll TIL that stenocereus eruca AKA creeping devil lies down on the ground and grows on one end while the other slowly dies, it can also clone itself in isolation and lack of pollinating creatures, all of which have allowed it to create massive “colonies” on the coast of Baja California Sur
wLn7M TIL Whales will defecate to defend themselves, creating a "poopnado" by evacuating for several minutes and bobbing up and down and splashing its tail around in the waste