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TIL The oldest houseplant in the world is an Eastern Cape Cycad in London's Kew Gardens that has been growing since 1775

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Z8r4a TIL of the "singing" Colossi of Memnon, two large statues of Pharoah Amenhotep III, which have been described throughout history as making low moaning, whistling, or blowing noises due to vaporizing dew escaping from cracks within the statues.
8aRD8 TIL that in the late 80’s, Nintendo partnered with Sony to produce the “Nintendo PlayStation”. After a licensing agreement went bad, Sony independently marketed the console under their own name and the rest is history.
bEk9 TIL that the song “Shaving Cream”, despite having been written and released in 1946, peaked at #30 on the Billboard charts in 1975 thanks to the Dr. Demento Show.
EgOPw TIL that in some parts of Ruhr region (Germany) the ground has sunk by up to 30m (12m in average) due to exzessive mining in the region. The homes of millions of people would be flooded if the pumps were stopped to keep the groundwater level artificially low. These pumps have to pump forever.
VP7G TIL that 96 health groups accepted money from CocaCola/Pepsi to tell us that soda does not lead to obesity and health problems.