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TIL Hyperion is a world tallest living tree with the height of 115.61 meters (379.3 ft).

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D1W0v TIL about Logorrhea, a communication disorder that causes excessive wordiness and repetitiveness, which can cause incoherency. This disorder is also known as press speech. Sometimes classified as a mental illness, though it is more commonly classified as a symptom of mental illness or brain injury.
kvgg TIL George Washington had a fear of being buried alive. Even in his last words, he ordered his staff to wait two days after his death to bury his body.
8WMK TIL the Swedish word for ‘half-arsed’ or 'not entirely satisfactory’ —halvdan— literally means 'half Danish’
GA7Pg TIL: In 2010, a British man died after overdosing on caffeine.
b9GKZ TIL the San Francisco font was created by Susan Kare for Apple Macintosh computers in 1984 and originally mimicked the "ransom-note effect" (juxtaposed typefaces that appear as if words or letters were cut randomly from magazines). It was used in early Mac software demos and Apple company fliers.