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TIL there is a tree that owns itself in Athens, GA

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jNx9N TIL During Notorious B.I.G.'s funeral procession through the streets of Brooklyn, someone interrupted the somber atmosphere by playing "Hyponotize" at full volume, which prompted the public to dance and sing along. It was no longer a mourning of his death, but a celebration of his life.
VGbZ TIL Ahmad Shah Massoud was an Afghan resistance leader, who in April 2001 warned the European Parliament about a large-scale terrorist attack on U.S. soil being imminent. He was assassinated on September 9, 2001, 2 days before the 9/11 attacks.
vx1L TIL that L. Ron Hubbard was a terrible Navy officer who was fired after the ship he commanded accidentally attacked Mexico. His ship was considered “jinxed” and eventually collided with another ship, burst into flames and sank.
YMQr TIL the Ottoman Empire was ruled under one dynasty throughout its entire existence from 1299 until 1922.
9wlAr TIL that the University of Odense in Denmark houses the world's largest collection of brains, taken from mental health patients over four decades until the 1980s, with a total of 9,479 brains stored on countless shelves in its basement.