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TIL the "world's most photographed tree," the Lone Cypress at Pebble Beach in California, is held up by wires and cement

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DlvV TIL King Leopald II of Belgium was responsible for an estimated 10 million deaths in the Congo
Yp1PP TIL that the largest fossilized human turd ever found, measuring 8"×2" ( 20 cm by 5 cm ), came from a sick 9th century Viking and it rests at the Jórvík Viking center in the city of York, England.
woOoE TIL that the Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard isn't in Portsmouth. The Norfolk Naval Ship Yard isn't in Norfolk, either; it's in Portsmouth
WklA9 TIL during the Battle of Bomarsund in 1854, Charles Davis Lucas tossed a live Russian artillery shell overboard before it exploded. He would be awarded the Victoria Cross and ultimately ascend to the rank of Rear Admiral before retiring in 1873, dying in 1914 at the age of 80
M7AwV TIL the Letters Q, W, and X were ince illegal in Turkey