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TIL palm trees aren't actually trees but a type of gigantic grass.

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VBAV0 TIL that a bird(penguin) can go to greater depths in the ocean than most fish
4klLR TIL Birds of the same species can have regional accents. These accents, which go unnoticed by humans, are biologically significant for birds as they use songs for mating, territory defense, and communication. Avian accents may develop like the human game of “Telephone.”
LkWPr TIL that Saturns’ rings are, cosmically speaking, a very brief event. We are about halfway through their 200 million year lifespan and are very lucky as a species to be alive to witness them. “Some velociraptor with a telescope looking at Saturn would not have seen rings.”
GYgdN TIL A 17 year old boy jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge as a dare and survived with his only injuries "bruising and tenderness"
YpEe7 TIL That there's an Irish translation of the Book of Genesis from the 11th Century that incorporates apochryphal New Testament texts and the lineage of Irish Kings.