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TIL bridges can be made from the roots of living trees. These Root Bridges takes at least 15 years to build, but is automatically strengthened over time and can last centuries.

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NXkO6 TIL That Troy Hurtubise, the man who made the only modern bear proof suit, died in 2018 in a horrific car accident
b9eBj TIL of the Wake Island Rail, a little-known casualty of WW2; it went extinct when Japanese soldiers were stranded on the island by a US blockade. With no fear of predators, a combo of overhunting by the starving Japanese & the bombing of the island by the US wiped out the entire species in 1 year
d8eJj TIL that Stephen King based his first novel, "Carrie", on two girls from his school. One was bullied for wearing used clothes, while the other was raised in a highly religious family. The first girl committed suicide by hanging herself at the age of 14, while the other died of an epileptic seizure.
vWvB TIL that there is a company called Potato Semiconductors that produces “Potato Chips”
vvwK TIL A total of 35 brothels have been found in the ruins of Pompeii. Coincidentally, they have also found 35 bakeries.