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TIL there is a Tree that bleeds metal, A tree in New Caledonia takes up a nickel at toxic levels and stores it and they believe, use it to fend off insects.

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e0Ddk TIL Everyone on Helios Airways Flight 522 (2005) passed out due to hypoxia. A flight attendant woke up and tried to control plane but failed. The autopilot kept the plane fly nearly 3hrs until the fuel ran out and crash, killing all 121 passengers and crew on board. This known as “Ghost Flight”
9wppm TIL Chevrolet’s first V8 was 288 cu. in. (4.7 L) and only produced 36hp at 2700 rpm.
lvVr TIL that German police fired off 85 rounds of bullets in 2011, that’s the entire police force for the whole year
KYdMQ TIL the true story of Moby Dick. A whale sunk a crew’s main ship - leaving 3 sailboats. They’d live if they sailed to a nearby island. Out of fear from (false) stories of cannibalism, they tried going back to the mainland. In tragic irony, they got lost at sea and had to resort to cannibalism.
0dZoj TIL the United States Air Force has airplanes that function as mobile airborne radio and television stations