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TIL Maple trees produce those little "helicopter spinners", which are actually their old spring blossoms, all dried up around a seed pod.

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7G5Z TIL after receiving complaints about the size of their sandwiches, Subway responded “‘Subway Footlong’ is a registered trademark as a descriptive name for the sub sold … and not intended to be a measurement of length.”
1d9d TIL NASA has decided to use Metric Units for all operations on the lunar surface when it returns to the Moon. The Vision for Space Exploration calls for returning astronauts to the Moon by 2020 and eventually setting up a manned lunar outpost.
QKWe TIL that the F-22 Raptor is so stealthy that the 62 ft. long, 80,000 pound jet’s radar signature is equivalent to a metal marble.
E1r7 TIL in 1801 there were at least 12 Norwegian females called ‘Ermegaard’.
rROl4 TIL Vin Diesel voiced Groot in the movie series "Guardians of the Galaxy" in 16 languages for the worldwide release of each movie. Athough it was only three words, he had to learn each native accent of every language he voiced.