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TIL a recessed landscape design element that creates a vertical barrier while preserving an uninterrupted view of the landscape beyond is called a “ha-ha”

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GAX5 TIL The of Admiral Yi Sun Shin who managed to destroy 333 enemy ships with only 13 of his own and 5 casualties
p7ap TIL that there IS a word that ryhmes with orange. Sporange is a botany term for a spore holding capsule in types of fungi, molds and ferns,
R7ngl TIL Marshmallows were originally made from from the mallow plant, which grows in marshes..
VX5p TIL Larry Page and Sergey Brin offered to sell Google for $1M and were rejected
x6Ao TIL that a 17-year old girl survived a 10,000 feet fall from an airplane after it was struck by lightning and exploded. She landed in a jungle and kept herself alive with only candy and her dad’s advice.