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TIL that the oldest letter in a bottle is 132 years old and was thrown by German sailing barque Paula as part of a long-term German oceanographic experiment

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6PmJ TIL there exists a mysterious fruit-tree species in Arkansas discovered by science in 1990, who is only the second of its kind, with its closest relative being in Europe. It exists only in a 22 acre area, there are only 25 trees left of its kind and no one knows where it came from.
W7okL TIL Keanu Reeves's father was busted for selling heroin, and sentenced to 10 years in prison. He was paroled early, but he'd very little contact after that.
b6mj0 TIL: nazi symbol was stolen from asian cultures.
5l1P TIL that some Funeral Directors hire people to cry and freak out at funerals. They are called “Professional Mourners”
9YNkG TIL Tom Hanks agreed to play Mario in the the ‘now infamous’ live action movie “Super Mario Bros”. However, studio executives turned him down because they were worried he couldn’t handle the film’s more dramatic elements. (Clip starts at 4:26)