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TIL There are more Redwood trees in the UK than their native habitat of California. Redwood trees were a status symbol in the UK during Victorian times, and now there are 500k

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nZar TIL George Washington had to borrow money to travel to New York to be inaugurated as the first President
LQnV TIL a star named s2 has the fastest known ballistics orbit; it orbits Sagittarius A at 11,000,000mph (2% of the speed of light) and it is also accelerating.
0wMdN TIL that when they started Apple, the amount of memory to hold a song cost about a million dollars.
xnbD TIL that Ouija boards work because of the Ideomotor effect, which is when someone moves themselves or an object without consciously knowing it.
GY1MQ TIL in April 1998 two women walked onto The Golden Gate Bridge at the same time intending to commit suicide. They did not know each other, but soon realized they were there for the same reason. A patrol officer saw them sitting on the railing, chatting. One jumped, followed by the other.