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TIL there is a tree in India whose canopy covers 3.7 acres (14,5000 square meters) in area making it the widest tree in the world.

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5VJr9 TIL True American was an antislavery newspaper which was printed in 1845 in Fayette County, Kentucky by Cassius Marcellus Clay.
w17M TIL of H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, who built a hotel full of hidden rooms and trap doors in order to kill visitors. He had 9 confirmed kills, confessed to 27, and is estimated to have killed up to 200 people.
VM188 TIL Mexican President Francisco Madero has the distinction of being the first head of state in the world to ever fly in an airplane, which he did with the Wright Brothers in North Carolina on November 30, 1911.
QJV56 TIL you should NOT use bleach to remove mold on most surfaces