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TIL about a tree in Athens, GA that owns itself and cannot be cut down.

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woG4M Til that 129 blueberries have as many calories as 25 strawberries, 10 cashews, or 1.8 Oreos
rYy0 TIL that, after writing “I’m In Love with my Car,” Roger Taylor was so fond of the song that he locked himself in a cupboard until Freddie Mercury agreed to release it on the B-side of Bohemian Rhapsody’s single.
Kb0J TIL that the last Abbasid Caliph failed to use his wealth to raise an army to defend Baghdad from the Mongols. According to Marco Polo, after the city fell the caliph was locked in his treasure room without food and told to “eat of thy treasure as much as thou wilt, since thou art so fond of it.”
ep4A5 TIL: "Oreology" and Oreologist" are actual scientific terms. which studies the flows and fractures of Oreos and whether they can be evenly split in a way that the creme filling is equal. PhD candidates even invented an "Oreometer". The study led people to be familiar with rheology, the actual field.
kOEE1 TIL Steven Spielberg was inspired to create a WWII spy-thriller game "Medal of Honor" after he saw his son Max Spielberg play "Goldeneye" on the N64