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TIL, a 400 year-old Bonsai tree had survived the United States’ atomic bomb on Hiroshima…then was later given to the United States as a national gift.

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ADjlx TIL about Izumi Sakai, the vocalist and de facto leader of the J-Pop band Zard. After she died from an accident while undergoing treatment for cancer, a posthumous single was released and used as a theme song for her favorite anime Detective Conan
W6Q8 TIL that the location of the world’s tallest tree, Hyperion, standing at 379 feet, is kept a secret, and is hiding somewhere in California
lod17 TIL George C. Scott agreed to star in "Patton" only if they used an earlier discarded script written by Francis Ford Coppola. Coppola said "I had this very bizarre opening where he stands up in front of an American flag and gives this speech".
OD7L TIL that two brothers re-gifted the same pair of pants for over 12 Xmases, in increasingly difficult ‘wrapping’ that included a crushed AMC Gremlin with a note saying: “Merry Christmas, the pants are in the glove box”.
7rrRO TIL Big Shaq is a comedian and "Man's Not Hot" is a joke