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TIL Gold can actually grow on Trees, deep root growth can “strike gold” and absorb it through a bio-chemical process and in turn deposit the mineral into the tree’s bark and leaves.

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d8dWB TIL Star Wars original trilogy was remastered by fans as they wanted high definition versions of the original release.
9EmX TIL Google hired a Camel to map a desert for Google StreetView
p8MR8 TIL that the grocery store chain ALDI has a system with there carts, that they are locked to each other. The only way to unlock one, is to insert a quarter.
QYAM TIL in 2012 a Vermont State Police trooper discovered a pig-shaped spot in a cow in the logo on his patrol car. Inmates at a correctional facility were responsible for printing the decals.
gEwW TIL that in 1977, an Israeli cargo ship rescued 66 starving Vietnamese Men, women, and children, after their SOS signals had already been ignored by 4 other Countries. Israel then granted them all citizenship.