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TIL New York City homeowners can request that a tree be planted outside their homes for free.

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xZm1 TIL In 2010 at Wimbledon the longest tennis match ever was played. It lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes and took place over 3 days.
JYVVl TIL The average human consumes 70,000 particles of microplastics a year, this is equivalent to 1 credit card a WEEK.
1AKO TIL UC Berkeley is developing a free timeline of the history of everything– Starting from the Big Bang 13.8 Billion years ago to the present.
glEy TIL that 20,000 leagues below sea level would put you through the Earth and almost 20% of the way to the moon’s orbit. “20,000 Leagues Under The Sea” refers to the distance traveled while underwater, not the depth reached.
8e8b4 TIL in 1997, Amy Tobey, an employee in charge of ball-park music at Fenway Park, played ‘Sweet Caroline’ during a Boston Red Sox game because someone she knew just had a baby named Caroline. It caught on with fans, and now many teams from different sports leagues play the song during home games.