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TIL the United Arab Emirates is seriously considering building a mountain to try to change its climate

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eY4k TIL Chuck Berry is still alive and about to release an album in 2017. His first in 38 years!
njDW TIL there is a product that will turn you into a tree after death. Gerard Moline developed the Bios Urn which allows people to use their ashes to germinate a seed of their choice.
b9lep TIL John Priest survived the Asturias foundering (1907, damaged in collision), Olympic and Hawke collision (1911), Titanic sinking (1912, hit iceberg), Alcantara sinking (1916, torpedoed), Britannic sinking (1916, hit mine), and Donegal sinking (1917, torpedoed).
EgMVw TIL The world’s largest grand piano was built by a 15-year-old in New Zealand.
nk49 TIL that Chickens (and all birds) still have the genes for building teeth in their DNA. The reason they don’t have teeth is that they don’t have a gene that says “use that tooth blueprint in the mouth”.