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TIL There’s a Tree species named The Caucasian Wingnut

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jNjeN TIL Back to the Future filming at night would get interrupted because the DeLoreans door began slowly closing on its own. It was found that cold temps at night cause the gas-filled strut in the hinge mechanism to contact. To keep the doors up, special effects would keep the strut warm between shots.
VvZG TIL that baby tiger sharks fight each other in the womb, with the largest embryo eating all but one of its siblings.
woNDM TIL Chic-Fil-A was first sold at a Waffle House
Md6m TIl that the Greek mathematician Hippasus discovered irrational numbers. According to one version, he told his shipmates (Pythagoreans) who then threw him overboard and he drowned.
nWegP TIL a non-smoking, 65-year-old male in excellent health today has a 43% probability of living to age 90, and a similar 65-year-old female has a 54% probability of living to 90