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TIL There is a tree that owns itself...

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nGlB TIL that as part of their training, 18 month old circus elephants are chained together and made to stand still for 23 hours a day
p8lYQ TIL that Afghani women are not entitled to personal names outside the confines of their homes. Nor are they allowed any record of their existence - anywhere - that uses a name, not even their tombstones.
m1dyR TIL about the Macbeth superstition where if anyone says the name "Macbeth" outside of rehearsals or a performance in a theater, the production of the play will be cursed.
oB0nA TIL of the cyber sitcom starring Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry to accompany the Windows 95 launch
mx6Ey TIL When Al Kaplon lost his job as a minor league umpire, he took his talents to Hollywood and has been an umpire or referee on movies and TV like "American Gladiators", "The X-Flies", and "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story". He's even been an umpire for a Viagra ad.