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TIL that the 5th oldest tree on the planet was burned down by a woman smoking meth.

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Z8LLB TIL "La Brea" translates to "The Tar", so "The 'La Brea' Tar Pits" means "The The Tar Tar Pits"
PY0ZG TIL George H.W. Bush vomited on the Japanese prime minister's lap, coining the phrase Bushu-suru, which means "to do the Bush thing"
meZO TIL in the Siege of Eger (1552) against the Ottomans. The Hungarians stuffed a mill wheel with explosives and fuses that was rolled into the oncoming enemy and created absolute panic.
VBEeD TIL The Titanic was intentionally designed short of enough lifeboats for aesthetic reasons and to keep more space for elite passengers’ recreation facility needs and views
E14E7 TIL that the remains of Pocahontas's wedding chapel were found in Jamestown by archaeologists in 2010. The mud-walled structure, where Pocahontas married John Rolfe in 1614, was "the first major English church building in North America."