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

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mxvxp TIL Fritz Haber invented the process for modern agricultural fertilizer thus saving millions of lives from starvation. He also pioneered chemical weapons processes which killed and horribly injured hundreds of thousands during WWI. His wife, son, and grand daughter all committed suicide.
epa44 TIL the Bruce effect, or pregnancy block, is the tendency for female rodents to terminate their pregnancies following exposure to the scent of an unfamiliar male. The effect was first noted in 1959 by Hilda M. Bruce and has primarily been studied in laboratory mice.
6Emom TIL that Taylor Swift Re-recorded her own album and produced it under her pseudonym "Nils Sjöberg", under a non-existent cover band, just to make sure that not a single penny goes into the pocket of Scooter Braun, who purchased her work without her knowledge.
0QEA TIL during WWII a riot broke out between American and New Zealand soldiers when some Americans objected to Maori not drinking in segregated bars.
BVyk TIL that in the ‘60s at the height of the Cold War, the US continuously flew planes carrying nuclear bombs around the world as a precautionary measure in the event of an attack by the USSR. 5 of these planes crashed, and nuclear contamination resulted in at least 2 instances.