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TIL that Ray Bradbury wrote "The Halloween Tree" (1972) as a result of being disappointed after watching "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" - due to what he believed was the television special's lackluster depiction of Halloween

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d87 Today I learned cicadas have evolved 13 and 17 year breeding cycles, because prime integers rarely sync with other integers making it rare that they will breed in sync with predators.
Yyd7 TIL Spock’s “Live Long and Prosper” Vulcan hand gesture will soon be available to use as an emoji, just like ?, ✌, and ?. It was officially added to Unicode last year.
kJLJE TIL grapefruit is a hybrid of sweet orange and pomelo
dXd9 TIL in medieval England children were beaten on the 28th of December to remind them of King Herod’s cruelty.
780Jp TIL there’s a town in New Mexico called “Truth or Consequences”, that changed its name to win a game show in 1950.