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TIL US cities are losing 36 million trees a year

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6EJVW TIL of The Box, a music video TV Network that existed from 1985-2001. It was similar to MTV but the music videos that aired were selected by viewer request via telephone. Many videos would show up on The Box and would be quite popular before they ever appeared on MTV.
j6Vpv TIL Of Tirpitz, who was a ship pig in WW1. Following the German loss at the Battle of the Falkland Islands the SMS Dresden was scuttled but Tirpitz escaped, was rescued by the British Navy, and was adopted by the HMS Glasgow.
0O41 TIL 40% of fresh produce is wasted and not sold in stores because it “looks ugly”
Zpplp TIL about D.U.F.F. (Demonstration Using Flattop Fissions), a NASA project that produced an incredibly small nuclear reactor: K.R.U.S.T.Y. (Kilopower Reactor Using Stirling Technology).
orpr TIL that Miyamoto Musashi, 17th century Japanese swordsman, twice arrived late to duels and defeated both opponents. Upon his next duel, he arrived early, and ambushed the force that was assembling to ambush him.