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TIL there are more trees in the US today, than 100 years ago

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ReOj TIL Gary Oldman and Matthew McConaughey stared in a 2003 movie called “Tiptoes” in which McConaughey’s entire family are dwarves. And Gary Oldman in “a role of a lifetime” plays McConaughey’s twin brother, also a dwarf.
8KMX TIL Led Zeppelin decided not to title their fourth album, to confuse the hated rock press
ryvw TIL that scientists were able to transplant eye primordia (bits of flesh that eventually grow into eyes) from one tadpole’s head to another’s posterior. Many of the new eyes formed neural pathways to the spine - bypassing the brain altogether - and gave the tadpoles sight.
WvrA TIL when TGI Friday’s announced their $10 Endless Appetizers deal, a woman sat in a Friday’s for 14 hours eating plate after plate of mozzarella sticks to see if they were truly “endless”. They were.
9Y7LX TIL of two neighbor galaxies nicknamed "Akira" and "Tetsuo". Akira is a 'red geyser': a galaxy that has stopped making stars because its massive black hole is stealing gas from a nearby galaxy, Tetsuo, leading to friction and temperatures that prevent gas from clumping together (1million+ degrees)