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TIL: Mariah Carrey hit the highest note ever sung live.
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TIL that in Germany there are fake bus stops outside many nursing homes to prevent confused senior citizens from wandering off
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TIL that Mariott started as a root beer stand.
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TIL that palm fronds are extremely hardy and are difficult to process into mulch or compost and can take up to 50 years to decompose on their own; the fronds also account for 3.4% of the 1 million tons of waste each year in the Phoenix, AZ landfills.
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TIL that hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backward. They are also the only birds capable of hovering in the air for an extended period.
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TIL legend has it that Franciscan padres who founded California’s missions brought mustard seeds from Spain and scattered them along the road that connects their missions. Since mustard is an invasive species, it created a trail of bright yellow flowers that the padres used to mark the road.