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TIL the Founder of Mormonism, Joseph Smith, successfully evaded arrest for attempted murder by raising an army of 5,000 men after illegally declaring martial law, only to be convinced to return by supporters and subsequently murdered by a mob.

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bGaE TIL that 91 years ago, the most destructive tornado ever recorded in US history was formed. It was reportedly on the ground for 3 hours and 30 min, cutting a swath through 3 states and killing 695 people
QN8Ya TIL about the "Loneliest Tree on Earth," a Sitka spruce on Campbell Island, over 170 miles from the nearest tree. It was planted by a lonely meteorologist in 1907.
Wkg9o TIL the man who wrote the Klingon language also wrote the Atlantean language for Disney’s “Atlantis: The Lost Empire,” and the lead character was physically modeled after him.
4Xobb TIL there once existed the Silver Republican Party, a US political party that split from the Republican Party in the 1890s over the issues of bimetallism and free silver. It disbanded in the early 1900s and most of its members joined the GOP, but some went to the Democrats.
6emX TIL there is a garden in a bottle that has only been watered once and is still going strong 40 years later!A.K.A “self sustaining ecosystem”