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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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W1OY TIL India was formerly an island, but crashed into Tibet 40 million years ago. The impact created the Himalayas, which are still being pushed up by 2cm each year
m1RMO TIL only two US presidents had no ancestry from the British Isles: Martin Van Buren and Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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