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TIL of Methuselah, one of the oldest trees in the world, located in California. It’s location is kept secret to protect it.

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mx87x TIL of an EPA employee who told his bosses that he worked for the CIA and didn't go to work for most of 10 years.
loY11 A solar storm this week will heighten the Earth’s auroras, making the stunning northern lights visible to the northern-most parts of the United States.
LQDvV TIL about the Future Library project, a public artwork to collect an original work by a popular writer every year from 2014 to 2114. The works will remain unread and unpublished until 2114. 1000 trees were planted to supply the paper for the published books at the project's conclusion.
NPpe TIL Michael Jackson’s chimp Bubbles once flew with the singer to Japan, met the mayor of Osaka and the three sat down together for some green tea
KO9JE Today I Learned: Gargoyles are fancy rain gutters. In architecture, a gargoyle is a carved or formed grotesque with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building, thereby preventing rainwater from running down masonry walls and eroding the mortar between.