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TIL actor Alan Alda teaches improv to scientists to help their public speaking

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4XBE6 TIL Australia hasn't had A recession in 27 years
kyJ5 TIL that whales were originally land mammals similar to hippos. It wasn’t until after many millions of years had passed that they began to live in water.
Ywed TIL a domestic sheep’s wool will just keep growing and growing forever, if humans don’t cut it off
6EPWX TIL that the Survivor Tree - the last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11, is still going strong. Seedlings of the tree are sent every year to communities that have suffered great tragedy and loss
neZo7 TIL if Pinocchio says “My nose will grow now”, it would cause a paradox.