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TIL that some people can see time

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gX0y TIL: There is a tree in Utah named “Pando” that is estimated to weigh over 13,000,000 lbs and has lived for over 80,000 years
RR54 TIL that Caster Bean plant is the most toxic plant in the world, 6, 0000 times more noxious than cyanide, this plant has been known as a ‘wonder plant’ for thousands of years
8aPbb TIL the iconic black-and-white soccer ball design was popularized by the Adidas Telstar, which adopted the design to be visible on black and white television screens. It was named after the AT&T Telstar, the first satellite to transmit television images and telephone calls through space.
rNmLe TIL the interior of the U.S. Capitol dome is dominated by a painting of George Washington becoming a God.
wX0M TIL there’s a unknown object in the nearby galaxy m82 that started sending out radio waves and the emission does not look like anything seen anywhere in the universe before