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TIL Florida is a major producer of Norfolk Island pine seedlings, but it is common practice there to spray-paint the trees and some treat them as "disposable plants".

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wLdaW TIL because of its unique venom delivery system, the stiletto snake (newly-discovered earlier this year) is almost impossible to hold safely in the usual way (fingers behind the head) without being bitten. It is capable of stabbing with its independently protruding fangs while its mouth is closed.
YprEZ TIL in 1843 Ada Lovelace translated an article on the "analytical engine," and added notes that described how codes can be created for the device to handle letters and symbols along with numbers. It was for this and other contributions that she is widely regarded as the first computer programmer.
MeZpm TIL that the popular children's song "Do Your Ears Hang Low" stemmed from a song sung by soldiers marching in the American Revolutionary War. In their version, however, the listener is hit with intrusive questions regarding their ball sack. NSFW lyrics in link
j6ZOp TIL: Robert A. Wardhaugh has hosted a continuous Dungeons and Dragons campaign which has so far lasted over 40 years
lvpV TIL the difference in time between when the Tyrannosaurus Rex and Stegosaurus lived is greater than the difference in time between Tyrannosaurus Rex and now