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TIL Crown shyness is a phenomenon in which the trees do not touch each other. The phenomenon is most prevalent among trees of the same species, but also occurs between trees of different species.

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ADVZ4 TIL that instead of Santa, Catalonia has Tio de Nadal the shitting Christmas log. Traditionally, a family brings a log inside and the children “feed” it before Christmas. Then on Christmas Day they literally beat the shit out it, because if they fed it well enough it will shit out presents.
neJnW TIL- The 8th U.S President Martin Van Buren never once mentioned his wife in his 800 page autobiography.
4XmmR TIL that Tears for Fears: Everybody wants to Rule the World was inspired by Simple Minds: Waterfront (a mate of mine is in that video..somewhere)
WR7B TIL: A study showed reading text in a font slightly more difficult to read (ex: Comic Sans) found students remembered more than reading in easier fonts (ex: Arial)
KOZXw TIL Howie Mandel got expelled from high school for impersonating a school official and hiring a construction company to build an addition onto the school