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TIL: Ash dieback will kill up to 90% of ash trees across the UK

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Z8aap TIL Due to the additive effects of gravitation time dilation over the course of billions of years the core of the Earth is actually 2.5 years younger than the surface.
nWnBP TIL that the name of the band ''Lynyrd Skynyrd'' was based on a teacher named Leonard Skinner, who did not accept long hair at the high school where some members of lynyrd skynyrd studied and as a way of paying homage they opted for a tongue-in-cheek with your name.
0dE6L TIL The invention of the Philly Cheesesteak is credited to brothers Pat & Harry Olivieri in the early 1930s. It was originally a snack made for themselves until they shared it with a cab driver that was a regular customer at their hot dog stand, who suggested they sell the sandwich instead.
nee8W TIL the oldest search engine in the world is still online at the ripe old age of 24.
5BVD TIL the special sunglasses John Lennon and Ozzy Osbourne wore are called “teashades”