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TIL of the greenheart tree, whose wood is so strong it cannot be worked on with regular tools

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v7bR TIL that the Tata Group from India which owns Jaguar-Land Rover and has revenues of over $100b is 66% controlled by charitable trusts, which invest these proceeds in nation-building such as India’s hospitals, educational institutions and promoting health, education, culture etc.
wLmlE TIL Khemjira Klongsanun, a runner in a Vietnam Marathon, found an abandoned puppy on the side of the road during the race, and ended up carrying it for the remaining 19 miles until the finish line. She adopted it afterwards.
b67r4 TIL that Karl Marx had an illegitimate son with his housemaid that he never acknowledged, and Marx's friend Engels agreed to take on paternity for the boy instead.
wnZP TIL that “Fuck your ancestor to the eighteenth generation” is a Chinese insult, due to the high respect for one’s ancestors
4XL0o TIL in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Cuba offered to send the US world-class medical support but America rejected their help due to relations with the regime. Said one frustrated Cuban doctor: “This is not political. This is a humanitarian emergency. People are dying and they need our help.”