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TIL A 227-year-old tree planted by George Washington was pulled down by the wind last year.

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a8XRo TIL: When Toys "Я" Us opened in Cerritos, California in 1972, the city council insisted the store use a standard R on its sign to avoid confusing children who were learning the alphabet. The council reversed its decision in 1981.
78Or7 TIL At one point in the 1980s, China had an estimated 400,000 Esperanto speakers, and the language was taught at a number of universities. Now there is only one Chinese college Esperanto program left
4XJNo TIL the best time of day to cut roses is in the afternoon. Sugars that feed the blooming process accumulate during the day, and peak in late afternoon.
R5eY9 TIL there's a small (12 square miles) desert in southern Poland, the Błędów Desert.
5YyNk TIL astronomers have discovered more than 2,500 other stars with planets orbiting them in our galaxy.