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TIL about "Old Tjikko" one of the world's oldest tree-organisms, estimated to be well over 9500 years old.

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eJn5 TIL That there are exactly 154 living kakapo (the world’s largest parrot) and that they each have their own name (Often Maori names to indicate their New Zealand heritage). Scientists track their parents to encourage genetic diversity.
a8xlJ TIL Palmyra Atoll is the only U.S territory that is subject to all Constitutional provisions even if it has no inhabitants. If a foreigner gave birth on the atoll, that child would be an American citizen.
egpL TIL Estonia is the world leader for utilizing an e-government. Citizens are issued an ID, which can be used via a mobile phone to view health records and prescriptions, pay for public transport, view their child’s school grades and even vote in elections.
6ENmZ TIL that in 1980 Weird Al Yankovic turned down a 5 million dollar (worth 14 million today) beer endorsement stating "a lot of my fans were young and impressionable, so ethically I believe I did the right thing"
rRXLd TIL in 1941, with a lot of the Home Guard unarmed, Churchill wrote to the War Office that "every man must have a weapon of some sort, be it only a mace or a pike". The War Office took him literally and order 250,000 pikes, there was an uproar and none were ever issued.