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TIL that the city of Amsterdam has a map of all trees present in the city, with details and photos

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695D8 TIL that Emperor Wenxuan of Northern Qi had a homicidal urge (usually by dismemberment) every time he was drunk, so his prime minister set up a supply of condemned prisoners to the palace. If a prisoner could survive three months without being killed, he would be set free.
MeNwV TIL a trebuchet can launch a 90kg projectile over 300m
ZQdD TIL German General Walther Wenck refused orders to reclaim Berlin from the Russians in 1945 and instead used the remains of his army to create a corridor to for civilians and soldier to flee to the Americans across the Elbe River
R7Ma TIL Skinny Jeans can give you “urinary tract infections, twisted testicles and bladder weakness.”
LkJx9 TIL that FBI director J. Edgar Hoover possessed one of the world's largest collection of pornography, both for blackmail and for personal titillation purposes