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TIL Stalin wasn’t Russian (and Hitler wasn’t German)

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m1JXx TIL Newtons' apple tree is real and it's still with us! In 1816 the tree was blown down in a storm. Some branches were removed but a large portion of the tree was left and re-rooted. Surprisingly, this tree is still growing at Woolsthorpe Manor today and now is over 350yrs old
XAWk TIL that Pittsburgh, PA has 446 bridges – 3 more than Venice, Italy.
e0yBJ TIL that in 1988, to demonstrate that channeling was a bogus practice, magician James Randi recruited José Alvarez, who pretended to channel a 2,000 year old spirit named Carlos, traveling the world and living like a celebrity. Alvarez continued the charade for years after 60 Minutes exposed them.
Wkjg4 TIL Planets and stars actually orbit around their common center of mass. This common center of mass is called the barycenter. As a result, the barycenter of Jupiter and the sun isn’t in the center of the sun. It’s actually just outside the sun's surface!
dDMpd TIL that Pizza Hut once created a perfume with the scent of freshly baked pizza dough. Strangely enough, Burger King also has a perfume called "The Flame by BK," a men's body spray described as combining "the scent of seduction with a hint of flame-broiled meat."