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TIL that if you carve something into a tree, it'll still be at the same height 50 years later

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a8JBZ TIL Katharine Lee Bates was inspired to write ‘America the Beautiful’ after reaching the summit of Pike’s Peak in Colorado
7r7N7 TIL in 1817 an English man named Abraham Thornton successfully avoided a murder charge by demanding "trial by battle." It turned out that the practice was still technically allowed under the law despite having not been used for hundreds of years. Parliament finally abolished it one year later.
4kmgb TIL in 1970 Robert White successfully transplanted the head of a rhesus monkey onto another decapitated monkey. It survived for eight days, able to smell, hear, see, and move its mouth. But it was paralyzed from the neck down, as White was unable to reconnect the severed spinal cord.
d8KP9 TIL that John Wilkes Booth's brother, Edwin, was once considered the greatest American actor. He also once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln's son.
kOnNE TIL nudibranchs (sea slugs) can steal the sting of their prey. They do this my eating the tentacles of a jellyfish for example and storing the stinging cells for later use.