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TIL there is a form of edible wood.

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pYYpG TIL that pigeons got awarded medals for their service in WW2
mYXo TIL that Charleston, AR was the first southern school system to integrate (not Little Rock, AR.) When asked how it could be done without violence, an attorney named Dale Bumpers said, “We’ll just do it.” The board integrated the schools without announcing it to the press, and there was no violence.
NoaP TIL In 1998, a bolt of lightning killed an entire 11-man team with the opposing team remaining completely unharmed.
W7VJ8 TIL that almost all of the rain that falls in the US state of Nevada never flows out to the ocean; it's part of an endorheic basin.
ElAW TIL: St. Lawrence was roasted alive on a giant grill during the persecution. He joked with his tormentors, “Turn me over—I’m done on this side”. He is now the patron saint of cooks, comedians, and firefighters.