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TIL that older bigger trees share nutrients with smaller trees, which later repay them back when they have developed.

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PPBE TIL due to the additional weight of the added lifeboats after the Titanic disaster, the already unstable Eastland capsized in port killing 844 people.
KOKJB TIL Louise Fletcher (Nurse Ratchet in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) was so upset that the other actors could laugh and be happy while she had to be so cold and heartless that near the end of production she removed her dress and stood in only her panties to prove she was not a cold-hearted monster
nenXo TIL China is the biggest Ocean Polluter in the world!
RyZ7 TIL that unlike any modern eyes, the lenses of trilobite eyes were actually constructed of calcite. This provided these ancient creatures with virtually unparalleled vision that was filled with streams of light and bursts of color, based on recent experiments conducted with calcite crystals.
vPJAr TIL that Britain nearly abolished the pound in 1971. Officials considered replacing £1 (240 old pence) with a new unit worth half a pound (120 old pence), divided into 100 and called the "new pound", “royal” or “noble". The pound's reserve-currency status ultimately preserved it.