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TIL The original Bramley apple tree planted in 1809, from which ALL Bramley apples trees are cloned, is still alive, but dying from a fungal infection.

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KOL06 TIL that the worlds first democratic federal government is thought to be the First Nations Iroquois Confederacy established sometime in the late 17th to early 18th century. That was before the revolutions in Europe.
4XkKR When you think about animal migration, what comes to mind? Probably birds in flight or wildebeests moving across the Serengeti. Yet the largest migration on the planet is harder to see—and it happens every day. Ocean technologist and submersible pilot Dr. Erika Montague explains how.
dDx9B TIL bed bugs do not engage in courtship rituals; rather, their method of mating is known as traumatic insemination. In this process, a male bed bug will climb onto a female and use his hypodermic penis to puncture the side of her body, depositing his sperm into her body cavity...
DQEBJ TIL suicide technically remained a crime in the UK up to 1961, and doctors dealing with suicides were meant to inform the police.
PnZe TIL A housefly will immobilize itself and brace against the headwind from a hairdryer, allowing for easy swatting/disposal.