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

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9wlEm TIL that back in the day, small-time gunmakers would repurpose punt guns into single-shot elephant guns for cheap, for ivory hunters that couldn't afford the expensive, purpose-built double rifles
R74GQ TIL that Keanu Reeves doesn't physically touch female fans when taking photos
Vvd0 TIL that Harvard has a pigment library where the sources of rare colors are stored. These sources include ground shells of now extinct insects, poisonious metals, and wrappings from Egyptian mummies.
4kk5X TIL fewer than 100,000 British people are older than Queen Elizabeth (96). She is the only monarch 85% of her subjects have ever known.
dDQRr TIL Hulk Hogan was a musician in his youth and played the bass guitar for a band called Ruckus which was popular in the Tampa Bay area in the late 70's.