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TIL oaks support more life than any other tree in north America

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d8yyd TIL Veterinary doctors have an extreme suicide rate and experience psychological distress at a rate nearly double that of the general public
5Y7vD TIL that a 12 year old girl named Martina Maturana saved much of her village's population from being killed by a tsunami when she noticed boats moving up and down in the morning and ran to ring the warning bell
R5Zd1 TIL that the NFL team the Buffalo Bills were in fact named after Buffalo Bill, the wild west showman/cowboy/buffalo hunter. I know it was probably obvious.
w6gY TIL that the reason it is safe from electrocution inside a car during a thunderstorm is due to an effect called Faraday’s Cage - when Electricity strikes an metal object, the electricity only travels around the outside meaning the interior is unaffected entirely.
Avn4 TIL that in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, 27 British warships faced off against 33 French and Spanish warships. The Franco-Spanish fleet lost twenty-two ships, without a single British vessel being lost.