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TIL that apple pie isn't really an American dish!

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9PD TIL that athletes can compete as independent Olympians (not under a country’s flag) at the Olympic Games
xVRj7 TIL about the pando tree. 108 acres are covered with trees genetically identical so they are considered the same organism. This makes it the worlds heaviest living organism and one of the world's oldest living organisms at an estimated 16,000 years old.
xVGM0 TIL that Doctor Who briefly featured Kamelion, an android who was "played" by an actual robot. Unfortunately, the writers had to kill the character off when the robot's inventor, who was the only one who knew how to control it, died in a boating accident.
Oo6L1 TIL America's Pronghorn "Antelope" is 2nd in Running Speed (55 mph) Only to the Cheetah; that it Likely Evolved this Speed to Outrun the Now-Extinct American Cheetah; and that, Despite Appearances, it is NOT an Antelope at All, but Rather Most Closely Related to Giraffes!
XEWBE TIL of the N.S Savannah. A nuclear powered passenger/cargo ship built in 1961, that was intended to showcase to the world an example of the peaceful uses of nuclear power.