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TIL Michael Garnier built 9 treehouses to make a "treesort" bed and breakfast. Garnier had to fight a ten year legal battle to get his houses approved for guests, which included recruiting 66 humans, 2 dogs, and 1 cat (total of 10,847 lbs.) in a single treehouse to prove it was structurally sound.

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vGdR TIL Syphilis been called the French disease in Italy, Poland, and Germany and the “Italian disease” in France. The Dutch called it the “Spanish disease”, the Russians called it the “Polish disease”, the Turks called it the “Christian disease” and the Tahitians the “British disease”.
Px4e TIL that honey is the only food that will not rot. A jar of honey may remain edible for over 3000 years.
P1KAE TIL that the Pistol Shrimp, a small creature that can snap its claw so fast, it creates a bubble hot enough to produce light and temperatures similar to the sun's surface, stunning or killing its prey with the shockwave
7Eeb TIL that J002E3, originally thought to be an asteroid orbiting the Earth, is actually part of the Apollo 12 mission that returned to Earth orbit after 31 years of orbiting the Sun
kOJXe TIL the Rolling-Right-Turn on red is the number one cause of car accidents in the US