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TIL about Eipmaco Amancio, a 98-year-old from Dalaguete, Cebu. Decades ago, he planted a pine tree that saved 32 passengers in August 2010. A bus lost control but was stopped by his tree, preventing it from plunging into a 500-foot ravine that may have caused major disaster and casualties.

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KYGNa TIL: There is a study which researches the effects of exercising while high at CU Boulder. The researchers had a CannaVan that rode alongside runners. It proved that running while high is more enjoyable on a chemical level as it induces the same effects as a "runner's high".
b9Zn9 TIL that both the Energizer and Duracell battery brands use a pink bunny as their mascot. Duracell had it first, but they failed to renew the North American trademark, so Europeans associate the pink bunny with Duracell and North Americans see it as an Energizer brand.
yV78e TIL about the Areni-1 leather shoe, the world's oldest piece of leather footwear known to researchers. It was discovered in Armenia, remarkably preserved thanks to the cool, dry cave conditions and a thick layer of sheep dung that acted as a natural seal.
oBP7A TIL: Cornell University scientists have created a functioning guitar the size of a human blood cell.
69EmX TIL of SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin. A German football club who, after the only other team in Berlin were kicked out the league got an unexpected promotion to the top league. The German FA wanted to keep a club in the city of Berlin for political reasons. They remain the worst team in Bundesliga history.