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TIL During 2012 Missouri drought, a man named John Sam Williamson hauled about 3000 gallon of water from Missouri river to keep a 350-years old tree alive. The tree sits on the farm his family has run for six generations.

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ne09G TIL in Ladakh, India if you sit in the Sun with your feet in the shade, you may suffer from both sunstroke and frostbite at the same time.
PYxJn TIL of Vera Lynn, a British pop singer who entertained troops during World War II. In 2017, she released a new album to celebrate her 100th birthday, making her the oldest recording artist in the world and the first centenarian to have an album in the charts.
R5VB4 TIL a significant part of what is now Belgium skipped Christmas in 1582, going from December 20th on the Julian calendar to December 31st on the Gregorian calendar.
nW4xG TIL one species of redwood tree is deciduous (Loses its leaves and changes color). The Dawn Redwood was thought to be extinct for millions of years and is an endangered species.
Zp5eG TIL In 1932 Sprinter Liu Changchun became the first athlete to represent China in competition at an Olympic Games. Liu's life was made into the 2008 film "The One Man Olympics"