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TIL that when Nicolas Cage proposed to Patricia Arquette, she told him to get odd objects to prove his affection. They were J.D. Salinger's autograph, a Bob's Big Boy statue, a black orchid, and a Hill Tribe wedding outfit. Despite the list being intended to be impossible, he found them.

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0Bo1 TIL a village in India planted over 80,000 mangrove trees to get a world record and the trees later protected the village from a flood.
KYXlG Today I learned that when Dr. Seuss lived in La Jolla, California, the US postal service kept confusing him with a nuclear physicist named Dr. Hans Suess who also lived in La Jolla.
wLYPo TIL if all arteries, veins, and capillaries of the a person's circulatory system were laid end to end, not only would that person be dead, but their blood vessels could stretch around the Earth nearly two and a half times (60,000 miles/100,000 km).
6E4ww TIL that humor is one of four core defense mechanisms classified as "mature." The three others are sublimation, altruism, and suppression. For this reason, individuals who have endured significant trauma often have a keen sense of a humor. In other words, the trauma adds a little spice.
9Dk6 TIL the optimal temperature for productivity is 71 degrees F.