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Today I learned the Cornus Florida is the state tree for Virginia and Missouri, but not Florida.

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x6Bgo TIL: On November 12th, 1970, The Bhola Cyclone hit the country of Bangladesh and killed over half a million people in one day. Millions more died in the aftermath of the storm, including a famine, a genocide, and a war that was close to nuclear Armageddon.
e10g TIL The Eiffel Tower was supposed to be scrapped after 20 years. It only survived because the military started using it as a radio tower, intercepting crucial military transmissions during World War I.
BgNpK TIL of Carcinisation. The odd phenomena where things keep evolving into crabs.
AO57 TIL that the past two governors of Illinois, and four past governors in four decades, have been sentenced to prison for corruption
j6dpv TIL Actor Josh Hutcherson and R&B Singer Tinashe were used as motion-capture models for the 2004 film The Polar Express. Both of their characters did not have names, but were rather called “Hero Girl” and “Hero Boy”.