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TIL there are tribes in India that use 500+ year old trees to make "living bridges" that can hold 50+ people at a time.

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0dR7N TIL — The chief factor affecting the speed of sound is the temperature.
pYBJZ TIL that spent fuel from nuclear reactors is used to make household fire alarms
VMNaD TIL that there are stars that can be lower than the temperature of the human body, called "Y dwarfs"
6kJ7 TIL when Clear Channel Communications gave a list of songs to it’s radio stations suggesting them not to play them after the 9/11 attacks, every Rage Against the Machine song was included.
Rj9a TIL that Disney executives were initially confused by Johnny Depp’s performance as Jack Sparrow in POTC, questioning whether he was drunk or gay. The CEO of Disney proclaimed that Depp was ruining the film. Depp’s response to Disney executives was they could trust him with his choices or let him go.