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TIL that California is home to world’s oldest, tallest, and the largest trees.

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5V508 TIL of J. L. Hunter "Red" Rountree, who after his wife passed and seemingly with nothing left to live for decided to commit his first bank robbery at the age of 86. Red blamed banks for making him bankrupt and by the time he passed away in 2004 he had robbed 2 more banks.
a8W50 TIL there are proposed plans to expand the US telephone system because the number of available new 3-digit area codes is expected to be used up by around 2050.
VJJ0 Today I learned that scientists proved in a study that the bond between people and their dogs is similar to the way people bond with their children, which explains the deep attachments formed to pets.
5VmNR TIL Americans donate the largest amount of money to charity as percent of GDP by a large margin
b6DEQ TIL there’s a really good reason why we don’t see any 58 year old fighters in the world of legitimate professional boxing.