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TIL Trees talk with each other using electronical impulses

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loQAr TIL Elton John owned an English soccer team and was really good at it - "in the space of seven years, the club had climbed from bottom place in the lowest division of The Football League to top position in the highest division"
K4Gw TIL St. Lawrence of Rome is the patron saint of chefs and comedians, because when he was being burnt alive over a huge gridiron, he cheerfully proclaimed ‘turn me over, I’m well done on this side!’
dD76Q Today I learned that Lucille Ball sent flowers to Carol Burnett on the latter's birthday every year. The last year Burnett received flowers from Ball was 1989. In that year, Burnett's birthday was also the day of Ball's death.
JYRev TIL that President Truman's decision to relieve Gen. Douglas MacArthur in 1951 may have been decisive in preventing the outbreak of a global nuclear conflict.
b9eWZ TIL: In an effort to reduce drunk driving, the city of Austin, TX will waive parking tickets if a receipt showing that a ride-share company, taxi or bus was used within 24 hours of receiving the ticket