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TIL There is an “Apple Tree Colony” in Ukraine across 10k sqft consisting of only one tree that spread naturally by creating roots from it’s branches (as a gooseberry shrub does). Scientist have not been able to reproduce this with other apple trees.

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rvMy TIL During the French Revolution someone promised to keep blinking as long as he could after he was beheaded as an experiment. A friend watched. It took about 15-seconds before he stopped.
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M6QA TIL Without the Vikings, English would not have words like berserk, ugly, muck, skull, knife, die, and cake.
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