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TIL that Joshua Trees are more closely related to Asparagus than actual trees. They are in the "Asparagaceae" Family.

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XXGk TIL of Bill Morgan, who after having a near death experience buys a lottery ticket winning a car. His local news then asked him to do a reenactment for them and scratch another ticket, on which he won $250,000.
e0RbJ TIL Sherlock Holmes' address, 221B Baker Street, was originally fictional, as Baker Street's numbering didn't go that high. However, street numbers were reallocated in the 1930s, and the building that got Holmes' address had to get a "secretary to Sherlock Holmes" to deal with it.
Y7Vw7 TIL that when the clocks go back at the end of daylight saving time (today in some places) is the day with the fewest heart attacks since everyone has 1hr more of sleep. Correspondingly the day with the most heart attacks is when daylight saving starts in the spring
mAJP TIL that Dr. Seuss’s wife thought the Cat in the Hat movie was so bad that she forbid any more live action films of his books.
4XD5b TIL Back in 1970, the average internal temperature of a home in the UK in the winter months was 12°C (53°F)