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TIL The largest cashew tree in the world covers an area around 90,000 sq ft (8,400 m2), has a circumference of 1,600 ft (500 m) and produces over 60,000 fruits each year.

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pYdMN TIL Navy SEAL “Lone Survivor” Marcus Luttrell experienced an insane 11-inch growth spurt after High School Graduation going from 5’6 154lbs at 18 to 6’5 262lbs at 24.
yVNnX TIL that India has a bridge named Living Root Bridge in Meghalaya, which is made of living tree roots and can support the weight of up to 50 people at a time.
nWlrd TIL in June 2021, Boryana Straubel, wife of Tesla co-founder J.B. Straubel, was struck and killed while riding a bicycle on a highway shoulder in Nevada. She managed a family foundation that focused on environmental sustainability. The driver of the car that hit her was unlicensed.
Rwmj TIL that a Portuguese Man of War is not actually a jellyfish, but rather a colony of specialized minute individuals called “zooids” that are dependent on one another for survival
wLZw8 TIL of Jeanne de Clisson, a former noblewoman who became a privateer to avenge her husband after he was executed for treason by the French king. She plied the English Channel and targeted French ships, often slaughtering the crew, leaving few alive.