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TIL…Apache pilots train their eyes to work independently

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Y7L7P TIL: Panama is the only place on the planet that has square trees- even the transplanted trees from the square trees grow round as usual when planted in other places outside of Panama. And the “rings,” of the interior tree grow in a square shape, rather than the usual circle, making it truly unique.
e01OD TIL despite being 200 miles away from the ocean, a beluga whale skeleton was found in Charlotte, Vermont, USA and is the result of an ice sheet pushing down the North American continent.
oRgp7 TIL that Constantine the Great was proclaimed Roman emperor in York, England.
GYRbN TIL that, after the Norman Conquest of England, nobles referred to the meat they ate in French, but the peasants who raised animals for meat referred to them in Anglo-Saxon. This is why modern English has words such as beef and pork for meat, but cow and pig for the animals it comes from.
rgDy TIL China produces 67% of the world’s watermelons. They produce 20 times more than the second highest producer.