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TIL that the "General Sherman" tree in the Giant Forest is approximately 2200 years old. It would have been a little sapling 200 years before Jesus walked the earth

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Lkdxr TIL about the Holodomor (death inflicted by starvation) which refers to the starvation of millions of Ukrainians during 1932-1933 caused by soviet policies. Private farms were destroyed and were replaced by collectivized farms. We remember this event on the fourth Saturday of every November.
6EVYY TIL that in 2005 Agostino Vespucci's notes were found, written in 1503, revealing that Leonardo Da Vinci was busy painting a "half-length portrait painting of Lisa del Giocondo", Mona Lisa.
gMwDb TIL the spice Paprika is made from ground up red Bell Peppers.
E1pA0 TIL of chromesthesia, a type of synesthesia in which individuals perceive colour in addition to normal auditory sensations. Associations are idiosyncratic but consistent over time, studies found. Bernstein and Liszt are associated with the condition; the latter asking his orchestra to play 'bluer'.
9wL5G TIL that the incorrect usage of an apostrophe in english for a plural noun (e.g. "burger's") is called a greengrocer's apostrophe.