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TIL That the white paint on the base of trees helps prevent cracking and splitting of new bark, and highlights insect infestation.

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ANL0l TIL about the blood(like) rain that happened in Kerala India
j6w7R TIL Short Man Syndrome is real
KONx6 TIL of Pearl S. Buck (赛珍珠 - Sai Zhenzhu), Author and Activist that was the First American Woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature and escaped death in the Nanking Incident of 1927
YpkYG TIL that during the 80’s, drunken calls to Hanna-Barbera studios from Flintstones fans curious to know what Barney Rubble did for a living were so common that the security guard in charge of answering the phones at night would simply reply: ‘‘ He worked in the quarry’’.
JYE0k TIL that flamingos are unique from all other birds and mammals in that they have hinged upper beaks (jaws) instead of lower. They use their tongues and beaks to move water through filters they use to catch food. But, because their upper beaks move, they have to eat with their heads upside down.