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TIL In 1963, Donald Currey cut down a tree to retrieve his drill bit after it got stuck when he was trying to core it to study climate effects. After studying the core of the tree, he found that he’d just cut down the oldest tree (at least 4862 years old) found to date.

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QNvE9 TIL I learned in 1973 a man carrying guns and a bomb robbed a bank in Kenora, Ontario. Upon leaving the bank he was killed a police sniper detonating the bomb. To this day his identity has never been determined.
9YVA7 TIL that a “buttload” is an actual unit of measure equivalent to about 475 liters. A “butt” is an old name for a barrel used to store wine or rum
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