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TIL in Cherrapunji, India locals have built bridges with living tree roots for hundreds of years. They direct the roots of the native ficus to grow in a certain direction, using bamboo as support. Some of the bridges are more than 30m long and can support the weight of 50 people.

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Bk9k TIL that Filip Konowal, a Canadian WW1 veteran and Victoria Cross recipient, upon discovering that a bootlegger had viciously beaten a friend of his, disarmed the man and stabbed him to death. Konowal later told police: “I’ve killed fifty-two of them, that makes the fifty-third.”
dx7j TIL a man faked his own death to avoid rape charges and was discovered to be alive when he was elected mayor in a small Mexican village
N5oM TIL on September 26th, 2011 Mikey Welsh posted on Twitter, “Dreamt I died in Chicago next weekend (heart attack in my sleep). Need to write my will today” followed by, “Correction - the weekend after next”. He died October 8th, 2011 from a heart attack in his sleep in a hotel room. In Chicago.
7r09O TIL Humans Can Smell Rain Better Than Sharks Smell Blood
VKy4 TIL taking naps is a more effective and beneficial study method than cramming for tests.