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TIL, Texas billionaire and former Presidential candidate Ross Perot wrote a blank cheque to fund and save the 500-year old Treaty Oak in Austin Texas which was poisoned by a vandal

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MeoNb TIL all members of the Canis genus (wolves, jackals, coyotes, dholes and lycaons) are genetically compatible, meaning they can have healthy, fertile puppies as if they all belonged to the same species
JVjj TIL After almost 40 years, Voyager 1 is less than 19 light-hours into its first light-day from Earth
Blkk TIL llamas are a popular alternative to sheep dogs because they eat the same food as sheep, readily bond with and become part of a sheep herd, can see predators from afar due to their height, and are very protective of their herd, which they bravely defend by spitting at and kicking predators.
KOp0Q TIL the Navajo Nation in Arizona observes daylight savings time while the rest of the state does not, creating the “Daylight Saving Donut”
8aQ4L TIL that there are approximately 100,000 active phone booths still left in the USA