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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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QNaMa TIL: That the Beijing Weather Modification Office were enlisted by the Chinese government to ensure that the 2008 Summer Olympics were free of rain, by breaking up clouds headed towards the capital and forcing them to drop rain on outlying areas instead.
aZYM TIL Alice In Chains’ lead vocalist Layne Staley in response to an article in 1998 asking, “Who will wipe and change the band now?” after their manager retired, Layne mailed a jar of piss and a bag of his own feces to the magazine with a note attached that read, “Wipe and change this, motherf***ers!”
QNWML TIL that Charles Schulz named his comic strip, "Li'l Folks," but the syndication company changed the name to "Peanuts" to avoid confusion with comic strips of similar names, and Schulz hated the name change.
R76ra TIL about The Yips. "A sudden loss of fine motor skills that comes on without apparent explanation and is usually suffered by mature athletes with years of experience". A neurological condition that leaves top tier athletes basically unable to play competitively.
lXLr TIL when Soviet Minister Molotov stated that the cluster bombs being dropped on Finland were actually food, the Finns began sarcastically calling the bombs “Molotov bread baskets,” which they responded to with their own “Molotov cocktails,” as “a drink to go with the food.”