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TIL Trees are not a taxonomic group, but a variety of plants that independently evolved woody trunks

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XAK6 TIL While filming a guest appearance on Star Trek TNG, Stephen Hawking was taken on a tour of the USS Enterprise set. When he saw the Warp Core, he paused, and said ‘I’m working on that.’
vbrR TIL there is a formation in Antartica colloquially referred to as “Una’s Tits”, named after a woman who worked in the British Antarcic office.
N7m1e TIL that not all of Antarctica's indigenous life died out hundreds of millions of years ago; Trees still grew there when our ancestors began using tools.
Qar6 TIL the dye in blue M&M’s repairs rats'spinal injuries when injected into them. It also turns them blue.
5Gjn TIL of Aoshima, a Japanese island where cats outnumber humans 6 to 1.