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TIL of the Coral Tree. Part of the genus Erythrina, Coral Trees are native to Eastern Mexico, South America, and South Africa. Their uniquely shaped flowers bloom in bright red from February to June.

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epmW5 TIL Emperor Justinian II (685-695 and 705-711) was overthrown in a rebellion and had his nose cut off to prevent him from ever ruling again. However, he managed to return to power in 705 with a prosthetic gold nose and took his revenge on those who had deposed him.
0wL7L TIL Thomas Marshall - Vice President under Woodrow Wilson - once fell for a false rumor that Wilson had died. He was at Church at the time he received the false news, and - believing he was now President - announced the news to his congregation. He only later found our that Wilson was still alive
OGxba TIL about Anatoly Moskvin, a Russian historian who was discovered to have dug up the bodies of 26 girls and mummified them in his home, dressing them up as dolls and keeping them for years without anyone knowing.
Wk8lX TIL kitchen sponges you buy from the store are pre-moistened with sterile water to keep them from shriveling up in the packaging.
mR1x TIL of neuroscientist James Fallon. While examining brain scans from both Alzheimer’s patients and violent psychopaths, he used his family’s scans as a control. One family scan displayed the structure of a psychopath’s brain. After breaking anonymity, he realized the scan was his own.