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TIL Ginkgo Trees have been found to exhibit Radioprotective tendencies, and are currently being researched for their ability to mitigate the harmful effects of radiation.

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R7QE4 TIL that four high-school students in the ‘70s are the reason we no longer have pay toilets in America. They created an organization called CEPTIA, and were able to successfully lobby against the issue. 8 years later, pay toilets were all but nonexistent throughout the US.
gZoD TIL that the tallest possible mountains on a neutron star can only be about 5mm tall due to their gravity.
M7Qx0 TIL on 1962, Mississippi Senate expressed its "complete, entire and utter contempt for the Kennedy administration and its puppet courts" about the integration of Ole Miss, when protesting against the admission of James Meredith
QJ8ZX TIL that bats, butterflies, primates, and plankton are as equally essential to the survival of the human race as bees are.
ZJRa TIL Having an orgasm a day can add up to 4 years to your life - 700 in a year can add up to 8 years to your life.