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TIL the current chief legal counsel to the Philippine President is 100 years old

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46kJ TIL if you eject from an airplane the ejection seat manufacturer will give you a free neck tie
mody TIL Mistletoe is a parasite infecting hundreds of species of trees and shrubs. Once growing, it steals the nutrients and water of the host, killing the portion of the branch it’s on. Heavy infestation may kill off the entire host plant.
woPEP TIL Greeks put up protective magic hermai - stone block bearded male heads with genitals "at the appropriate height" - marked crossings, boundaries, outside houses and at public buildings, and were also signposts with distances. Outside Athenian homes hermai were rubbed with olive oil for good luck.
YpGkv TIL A map needs only four colors to ensure that regions with common borders do not have the same color.
9Yg96 TIL the tubular cavity of a chimney is called a flue and was JK Rowling's inspiration for naming Floo Power (despite her not knowing exactly what it referred to)