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TIL about Stephen C. Sillett, the first ever scientist to explore the canopies of the old growth giant redwood forests

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JYMdj TIL that knowing something "By Heart" actually means to have a complete understanding of something before you commit it to memory, not that you have something completely memorized.
xV185 TIL The Padmanabhaswamy Temple in India has approximately $19 Billion worth of gold and precious stones kept in 8 onsite vaults. One vault is still unopened and what’s kept inside is still unknown.
9VkM TIL:The U. S. Army secretly dumped 64 million pounds of nerve and mustard agents into the ocean, in at least 26 locations off both coasts - The Army can’t say exactly where all the weapons were dumped because records are sketchy, missing or were destroyed. “It’s a disaster looming — a time bomb”
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