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TIL Trees get most of their mass from the carbon dioxide in the air

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E0P0 TIL During the Mongols sack of Baghdad they destroyed the fabled House of Wisdom and threw so many books into the Tigris that it ran black from the ink
Oaka TIL Hermann Goering’s great Niece and Nephew surgically sterilized themselves to end the Goering blood line.
wLyjP TIL that ADHD often looks very different in females then it does in males. Contrary to the popular hyper and impulsive symptoms, the “Inattentive” type of ADD manifests as not being able to pay attention, daydreaming, lack of motivation, etc. Young girls and woman are often undiagnosed.
gr6oA TIL in 1941, more than three million cars were manufactured in the United States... only 139 more would be made over the next 4 years of World War II
r16e TIL That there is a law that states every high school in New Zealand may hold 1 pound of uranium and 1 pound of thorium, for conducting nuclear experiments, and will be fined $1,000,000 for a nuclear explosion.