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TIL that there are two towers in Milan called the Bosco Verticale that are host to more than 700 trees constituting more than 90 species. The name literally means ‘Vertical Forest’

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dLGK TIL when Tsar Nicholas II’s daughters were executed, the executioners struggled to kill them with gunshots, due to the fact that they were carrying 1.3kg of diamonds sewn into their clothing
woVa1 TIL Showing male pandas "panda pornography" is credited with recent population boom among pandas in captivity in China.
Br51b TIL that the stick -- a small tree branch -- was inducted into the (U.S.) National Toy Hall of Fame in 2008. Organizers called it one of the world's oldest toys and said sticks "promote free play -- the freedom to invent and discover."
790L TIL Stockholm, Sweden tested a “Speed Camera Lottery” where speed limit-abiding drivers were automatically entered into a drawing to win a prize pool funded out of fines paid by speeders.
Z8GNB TIL: Every seed in an apple will grow a tree with a completely different type of apple. No relation to the parent apple the seeds come from!