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TIL foxes are more closely related to walruses than to cats

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R7M7a TIL if you plant an apple seed, it will grow a tree but that tree will most likely not produce an apple of the same type that the seed came from. This is due to a horticultural phenomenon called 'unfixed hybrids', and most trees are grafted rather than grown true from seed.
dvAd TIL that Woodrow Wilson personally rejected a proposal put forward by Japan during the Paris Peace Conference that would have confirmed the racial and ethnic equality of all people
7rjgX TIL the Guinness Book of World Records lists Deinococcus radiodurans bacterium as the world's toughest organism because of its ability to survive extreme radiation, cold, dehydration, vacuum and acid. These bacteria were found to survive 3 years in outer space based on studies conducted on the ISS.
J9pV TIL that the 5th oldest tree on the planet was burned down by a woman smoking meth.
j694v TIL there's a telescope in Texas that was shot 7 times 50 years ago and it still works at 99% capacity