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TIL the world's oldest tree (Old Tjikko) is approximately 9,550 years old, and the geologist who discovered it, named it after his dead dog.

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mAey TIL of the Rainforest Trust, which buys acres of forest using donations and permanently protects them. They have already protected 11,500,000 acres.
b6Wmp TIL of Hægri dagurinn ("The right day"), the day that Iceland changed from left-hand traffic to right-hand traffic. The change occurred formally on May 26, 1968, at 6:00 am - The only injury from the changeover was a boy on a bicycle who broke his leg.
a89GJ TIL A disgruntled Chinese man, who was recently single, organized for every odd numbered seat to be bought for the premiere screening of a romance movie on Valentine's Day, forcing couples to sit one seat apart
xVoQk TIL that anarchists believe in a society free of rulers, not one in which there are no rules.
N7lBJ TIL a desert in South America went 500 years without recorded rainfall.