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TIL "SOS" doesn't stand for anything, it's just a distinguishable Morse code message. (Some backronyms have since been applied)

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vgB4 TIL the location of the oldest trees in the world are intentionally kept secret; the oldest known tree, Old Hara, was only known to the two dendrochronologists that cored and dated it, both of whom are now dead
79YL TIL Joseph Christopher (serial killer who murdered 12+) tried to check himself into a psychiatric center just weeks before he began his murder spree
R7n04 TIL there’s a 752 pound emerald in an LAPD vault, worth anywhere between $100 to $900 million.
7ro6r TIL cigarette butts are the ocean's single largest source of trash
69GBW TIL that after the film Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium was used as a joke in the final season of Breaking Bad, the film's writer and director completely disowned it and admitted that it was a train wreck.