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TIL that the world's oldest known living tree is a bristlecone pine named Methuselah, estimated to be over 4,800 years old.

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eplJL TIL that all carnivorous mammals can be divided into "cat-like" or "dog-like".
R5g41 TIL an Oregon man trapped in the snow for 5 days survived by eating Taco Bell hot sauce packets
kR77 TIL of the Cagayan Battles of 1582 in the Philippines, the only recorded battle between European infantry and samurai. Conquistadors vs Samurai.
9wMPr TIL that a consumer reports analysis in 2014 confirmed that 656 rice products had worrisome levels of arsenic exposure from brown and white rice, and that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency set a limit for total arsenic consumption in drinking water, but no such limits for food/other beverages
grOmD TIL The Netherlands - a country below sea level - has water management elections.