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TIL that in 2005 scientists planted a 2000 year old Judean Date Palm seed found in Harod the Great’s Palace. Its germination in 2006 revived the extinct species

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N7mDE TIL about scholar's stones or gonshi naturally occurring or shaped rocks which are traditionally appreciated by Chinese scholars.
D1Kgr TIL That the US state of Vermont is paying people $10,000 to have people move there and work remotely for an out of state employer
1ak14 TIL that the ancient Egyptians had structures marked with cubit scales—now called "nilometers"—to measure the Nile River's water level during the annual flood (the foundation of their civilization), to predict how much it would fertilize their cropland and whether the flood would be destructive.
bZVj TIL that after the success of the song “Barbie Girl”, toy-maker Mattell filed a lawsuit against Aqua for the sexual insinuation in the song. The judge dismissed the case saying, “The parties are advised to chill.”
GYK0j TIL Nutmeg contains a hallucinogenic compound called myristicin. You can get high with doses of 15 g of grounded nutmeg, and the effect include, hallucinations, dizziness and memory impairment of the trip. This is why it was part of prison culture in the middle of the twentieth century.