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TIL That spiders on caffeine have no idea what they are doing

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epN9L TIL that American General Raymond E. Lee was a military diplomat of America to the UK in WW2. Personally walking around London to assess damages, he espoused optimism during the Blitz that the RAF would be able to take on Germany and he would personally reprimand newspapers for saying "devasted".
5gY9 TIL that a tree in Athens, Georgia legally owns itself after the landowner deeded itself and the surrounding land to the tree.
JY9KB TIL a US destroyer fired a torpedo at the battleship carrying the POTUS and the Secretary Of State during WWII
GAe9g TIL that in Japanese, Genghis Khan ("ジンギスカン" or "成吉思汗") refers to a grilled mutton dish, while the founder and first Khan of the Mongol Empire is taught in textbooks by his regnal name, Chinggis Khan ("チンギス・ハーン"), rather than as Genghis Khan.
Nk46 TIL Habitual mouthbreathing can cause crowding of the teeth and drastically change the shape of your face.