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TIL There is a Bunyan tree that has been officially under-arrest (and chained) for over 100 years

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7kkr TIL that a team of Danish comedians went to North Korea to mock them, using the cover of being Danish a culture exchange group and they got away with it and made a movie.
LkJEZ TIL that Maus is the only graphic novel, as of 2020, to win the Pulitzer Prize
xVZ75 TIL that NBA Hall of Famer Bill Russell, who was born on February 12, 1934, had the most championships in NBA history with 11 titles, which he had in 1957, 1959-1966, and 1968-1969 all with the Boston Celtics, and played 13 seasons in the NBA
BrEGk TIL Hitler's definition of "socialism" (as in, National Socialism) was explicitly anti-Marxist and Hitler claimed Marxists had "stolen" the term from ancient Germans.
WZML TIL that Tenochtitlan was possibly the highest populated city in the world before its fall, with 5 miles of aqueducts, a ten mile levee, and one of the most complicated class systems in the world at the time. Cortés of Spain leveled the entire city in 75 days.