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TIL that in the needles of the Pinus flexilis live bacteria that are capable of fixing nitrogen from the air.

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awLmJ TIL when Adolf Hitler took power in the 1930s, he owed back taxes totaling 405,494 Reichsmarks (over USD $2 million today). He never paid.
VMY4k TIL that the opening ceremony of the Sydney Harbour Bridge was interrupted by a man on horseback, who slashed the ribbon with his sword, declaring that he was opening the bridge in the name of the people of New South Wales.
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