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TIL that City Park in New Orleans holds the world's largest collection of mature live oak trees, some older than 600 years in age.

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4XmPJ TIL that Maria Theresa of Austria had her children inoculated against smallpox after the epidemic of 1767. This changed the negative perception of inoculation among Austrian physicians. Maria Theresa also held a dinner in her palace for the first 65 children who had been inoculated in Austria.
E1MNP TIL that Taylor Swift composed her song "Enchanted" after a meeting with Adam Young (Owl City) which, in return, presented a cover dedicated to her of the same song on Valentine's Day. Despite the interviews they gave at the time and the romantic text of the songs, the two never officially dated.
drEZ TIL in 1955, Hugh Hefner agreed to publish in Playboy a short story about straight men being persecuted in a world where homosexuality was the norm. In response to the criticism, Hefner replied, “If it was wrong to persecute heterosexuals in a homosexual society then the reverse was wrong, too.”
1anwX TIL about Anton Syndrome where some people become blind but deny their blindness. Patients with Anton Syndrome are often found describing people or surroundings that are not present or walking into objects though the patient will continue to deny that they can't see even when presented with evidence
p8vk8 TIL The planet Scarif from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story got its name from a misspelling of director Gareth Edwards’s name on a coffee cup. “I must’ve said ‘It’s Gareth’ and they wrote Scarif.”