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TIL A full-sized tree has been growing out of the 110 ft steeple of a courthouse in Indiana since the 1870s

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5eDp TIL the first scientists to produce insulin for Type I diabetes treatment made their patent available without royalties, permitting the rapid, worldwide spread of insulin therapy.
RoE6 TIL that the ‘Fairy Bridge’, the largest natural bridge on Earth, was virtually unknown to the rest of the world until it was observed on Google maps in 2009.
9YaDG TIL that Albert I of Belgium is called the "Knight King" because he personally led his army in combat for all of WWI; also his wife, Elizabeth of Bavaria, served as a nurse in front-line field hospitals.
WP74 TIL The Citizens Commission on Human Rights, the top search result for reporting mental health abuses, is run by Scientology
M7497 TIL On 28 January 1896, the first person to be convicted of speeding is believed to be Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, UK, who was fined 1 shilling plus costs for speeding at 8 mph (13 km/h).