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TIL three of the richest counties in the US are Washington DC suburbs

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5VXVD TIL - Methuselah is a 4,854-year-old Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) tree growing high in the White Mountains of Inyo County in eastern California. It is recognized as the non-clonal tree with the greatest confirmed age in the world.
N7opQ TIL about the Peter principle, where people in a hierarchy tend to rise to their "level of incompetence"
OGYD1 TIL that in 1996, Dallas business man John Spano bought controlling ownership of the NHLs New York Islanders for $165 million dollars. After nearly a year it came to light he didn’t have nearly enough funds to complete his purchase of his team.
YEP TIL A lightning strike can completely change someone’s personality.
Qd4k TIL a new trend has emerged in Bangkok where young Thai men are identifying as “Mexican gangsters” and sporting the clothes, tattoos, and hairstyles of the eses that inspire them