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TIL it is possible to "graft" branches of different trees together and create a tree of 40 fruits

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6E8JW TIL that Georgia is considered the birthplace or "cradle of wine", where archaeologists have traced the world's first known creation of wine back to 6,000 BC.
ONja TIL that the U.S has detonated 1054 nuclear bombs in tests
D1DPD TIL that when looking out for a new shell, an hermit crab will try to trade his with another but will face some competition, resulting in the creation of a line of hermit crabs, going from largest to smallest, who will shell swap until everyone has a new one that fits.
R7BK4 TIL After publishing his 1953 National Book Award winning debut novel Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison got to work on his second novel. In 1967 the manuscript of his already-overdue second novel was destroyed in a fire in his home. Ellison did not publish another novel before he died in 1994
wdeo TIL that being gay isn’t illegal in North Korea, and that young men are often openly affectionate towards each other