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TIL: An Indian man single-handedly planted a 1,360 acre forest that is home to a complex, thriving ecosystem

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awpbM TIL lemons are believed to be an ancient hybrid of three natural citrus fruits: the citron, pomelo, and mandarin orange.
wLvYY TIL that Shaquille O'Neal, who was known to be one of the most dominant big man to ever step on the NBA floor had only 1 3-pointer made in his career. He is also a 15-time NBA all-star and a Hall of Famer who averaged 24 points and 11 rebounds in his career.
GgKg TIL: Grease Trivia - Saran wrap was used in lieu of condoms in the 50’s - Thus its appearance in the Grease Lightning number.
XEZ6j TIL a large asteroid (Asteroid 2019 OK) zipped between the Earth and the Moon this past July — and astronomers didn't even know it existed until just a few days before. The asteroid was traveling at a speed of 55,000 miles per hour and came about 5 times closer to Earth than the Moon.
8exjP TIL that a new science called "Chaimatics" emerged in 1985 when experimenting with cAMP (for cell neural signal processing), which aims to model cells as molecular computes through Quantum Physics