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TIL that the world's oldest known living organism is a colony of quaking aspen trees in Utah named Pando. Estimated to be around 80,000 years old, Pando covers an area of 106 acres and consists of over 40,000 individual trees, all connected by a single root system.

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OooK1 TIL the Church of Latter-Day Saints took out ad space in the Playbill for "The Book of Mormon" stating “You’ve seen the play… now read the book.” and “The book is always better.”
Z86wv TIL about Hannah Sabata, a 19 year old Nebraska woman who stole $6000 from a bank in 2012. After the crime she immediately posted a video to YouTube titled "Chick Bank Robber" where she held bundles of cash up to the camera and bragged about what she'd done. She was caught the same day.
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NXgMN TIL of the 21 demands. Demands made during WW1 from Japan to China which effectively puppets it. China leaked it to the US and UK who pressured successfully for Japan to drop the most extreme demand.