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TIL that trees go through a process similar to hibernation called dormancy, and that is what keeps them alive during the winter.

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kJA01 TIL-No one was ever burned at the stake during the Salem Witch Trials instead, the accused were hung or pressed to death.
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1ajOV TIL that the 1912 presidential election, the Socialist candidate -Eugene V.Debs- received six percent of the popular vote which was the highest ever for a Socialist or Communist or any leftist in U.S. history.
rRPxw TIL NASA's longest serving female employee since January 1958, Sue Finley, has been an engineer and programmer for space missions since Explorer 1, for missions to the Moon, Sun, all the planets and many other solar system bodies, and recipient of NASA's Exceptional Public Service Medal.
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