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TIL a sample of Sir Isaac Newton’s apple tree was sent into space to ‘defy gravity.’

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pYyke TIL Fidel Castro, Mariano Rajoy, Hugo Chavez, Evo Morales, and Queen Elizabeth II have all been prankcalled by people pretending to be other heads of states and world leaders. Castro reportedly "unleashed a torrent of swearwords" once he realized what was happening
5Y8l9 TIL The Mad Pooper. A jogger who used to poop in public in Colorado, US. She has been wanted since July 2017 and remains unidentified. Theories about her public defecation varied from having Crohn's disease to being an exhibitionist or having a greater motive.
WkwZX TIL Steven Spielberg played a practical joke on Harrison Ford during filming of Temple of Doom by having Barbra Streisand dress up in a leather dominatrix outfit and whip him all while insulting his filmography
9wldQ TIL the Great Wall of China is only visible from space if you have good eyesight!
wRkE TIL A breastfeeding son “spotted cancer” in mother by refusing to feed from breast with cyst.