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TIL that harvesting cork from the cork tree does not kill it, and regrows fully in 9 years.

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1JmO TIL that cats have scent glands in their paws. When they kneed their paws into us they are marking their territory.
oB0Z7 TIL that to tell how old sharks are, they count the rings in the vertebrae
Y9W TIL that rapper, Chiddy Bang, broke the Guinness World Record for Longest Freestyle Rap as well as the Longest Marathon Rapping Record after freestyle rapping for 9 hours, 18 minutes and 22 seconds.
0dkgj TIL; George Santos signed the Magna Carta, rolled the rock away from Jesus’ cave and led the cavalry at Gettysburg. All while dressed in drag. And he funded all the travel stealing from a go fund me for a man who’s dog was dying of cancer
dp7Z TIL that Jean Sylvain Bailly, the mayor of Paris and a renowned scientist was executed during the Reign of Terror. While being led to the guillotine a member of the crowd mocked “Do you tremble, Bailly” and was met with the response “Yes but only from the cold”.