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TIL There are 500 year old bridges in India that are mare out of living tree roots. They never rot and grow stronger as they age.

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bvNZ TIL The lying Duke rape accuser may have also lied about being raped in another incident 13 years earlier. She’s now awaiting trial for killing her last boyfriend.
nWZP TIL a famous British explorer in Africa became extremely ill and then had his supplies stolen. To feed himself he let the natives put him in an exhibit and people would pay to see him as a curiosity.
78bMb TIL of streaking, a mechanical technique used to isolate a pure strain from a single species of microorganism
xVEEw TIL that although they spend 16 hours a day in water hippos can't swim because they are too muscular and sink. Instead they just run around under the surface.
ANZxa TIL - 9/11 led NATO to invoke Article 5 of the Washington Treaty for the very first time in its history.