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TIL: Only one acorn in 10,000 will become an oak tree

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JJXv TIL a Japanese Oil Tanker captain fell into a cactus at a Santa Barbra Oil Field, provoking laughter from the local workers. 5 years later he returned in an Imperial Japanese Navy sub and made the first mainland shelling of the US at that oil field.
rAjd TIL An orangutan from a zoo reintroduced to the wild in Borneo began spear fishing after watching local fisherman
GYNBj TIL: A woman with a ‘mutant’ gene who feels no pain and heals without scarring was discovered by scientists. She reported numerous injuries without pain, often smelling her burning flesh before noticing any injury, and could open door to new treatments.
O1Eg TIL that the Motion Picture Academy refused to nominate Tron for a special-effects award because, according to director Steven Lisberger, “The Academy thought we cheated by using computers”
yQ7wX TIL the biggest maritime evacuation in history was not Dunkirk, but the 9/11 boatlifts. Boats evacuated almost half a million from Manhattan island within nine hours following the September 11th attacks.