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TIL: The White Mulberry tree flings its pollen at over half the speed of sound through stored elastic force within its anthers.

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jNmmv TIL that in 1970 a grass roots organization known as the Committee to End Pay Toilets in America was launched by mathematician Ira Gessel due to his frustrations over public pay toilets'. He was largely successful in pressuring city councils, lik Chicagos to eliminate the condition to pay for relief
VBnrB TIL that in 2007, Michael James Shaughnessy, 4th Baron Shaughnessy, of the City of Montreal in the Dominion of Canada and of Ashford in the County of Limerick, died without issue. The title passed to the nearest male relative: His second cousin, who played the male lead on the TV series “The Nanny.”
jAKn TIL there is a bar in Key West with a “Bacon Happy Hour”, where a complimentary endless glass of crispy bacon comes with your order, even if you just get a beer.
PYEKG TIL that Belgium has a Time Credit System that entitles employees to take a one year secured absence to prevent burn-out and provide an opportunity to pursue other things in life.
nDvP TIL that after suffering a heart attack and being saved by one of the few ambulances in the state to be fitted with a defibrillator, Australian billionaire Kerry Packer went halves with the state government to get one fitted in every ambulance in the state.