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TIL that the Rainbow Eucalyptus tree has multi-coloured streaks on its trunk that comes from patches of outer bark that are shed annually at different times, showing the bright-green inner bark. This then darkens and matures to give blue, purple, orange and then maroon tones.

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oBKbY TIL the New York Yankees baseball team began as the Baltimore Orioles in 1901, before moving to New York in 1903 where the team was re-named the New York Highlanders. The team was not re-named the Yankees until a decade later in 1913.
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GdNE TIL the Outer Space Treaty, signed by all major space faring nations, prohibits claiming territory in space or on celestial bodies. Space is considered “the shared heritage of mankind”
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