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TIL the surprising history of Christmas trees

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awG6L TIL the hobbits did not descend from Homo Sapiens but were some kin of Homo Habilis who lived in Africa 1.75 million years ago
E1B0V TIL about Gen Peter Hains who served in the Civil War, the Spanish American war and WWI as a military engineer. He also designed the layout of the Panama Canal
78W1P TIL On Aug. 1, Sprite will ditch the soft drink’s green-colored bottles in favor of clear PET bottles. Green, has contributed to it as one of the most recognizable brands. Sprite states that they try to further bottle-to-bottle recycling and increase the the availability of recycled material-PET.
vGNK TIL that ‘mob’ is short for 'mobile vulgus’ (which is Latin for 'fickle crowd’)
E1WBV TIL that there are two ATM machines in Antartica