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[TIL] That there is a World Down Syndrome Day, and that day is today!

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mxMLE TIL considered today the worlds largest living organism is a grove of 47,000 Aspen which are basically clones of each other. Together they would weigh around 6,600 tons (5,987 metric tons). The General Sherman sequoia itself weighs just a few hundred tons less, a testament to the size of a sequoia.
W755A TIL that teen pregnancy rates in the US are less than a quarter what they were in the 90s!
Y7rr TIL “Manute Bol is the tallest player in the history of the National Basketball Association. He is also the only player in the NBA to have killed a lion with a spear and to have paid 80 cows for his wife.”
9YyoQ TIL obesity can impact the size of your brain.
nW8nY TIL Poland was diarchy in 14th century. Country was ruled by two kings: Jadwiga and her husband Jogaila.