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TIL that there are 400 known albino redwoods, which survive by getting sugar through roots of nearby trees

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1NP7 TIL pillbugs are actually crustaceans and not insects
woGR8 TIL that Tycho Brahe, a Danish astronomer, lost his nose in a duel with his cousin over either a mathematical formula or who was the superior mathematician. He wore a prosthetic nose for the rest of his life.
jLlv TIL: The Back to the Future DeLorean and the Star Trek Enterprise were designed by the same man
jNKeX TIL of the "The Norwegian Rocket Incident", when in 1995, Russian officials briefly misinterpreted a Norwegian scientific rocket to be a nuclear attack. It showed the dangers of accidental nuclear war even when the threat of military confrontation between the US and Russia was at an all-time low.
QNeEX TIL Hotel employees, especially housekeeping staff, wear panic buttons to keep themselves safe while working in places such as enclosed or isolated environments.