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TIL Joshua Trees are not actually Trees, but Succulents. However, they are considered trees of the desert.

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QNxdE TIL binary was inspired by ancient Chinese philosophy, the I-Ching. The same text that provoked Confucius gave Leibniz the insight to develop binary encoding. 64 bits also encapsulates DNA encoding.
v1Bxj TIL college textbook prices increased 90% from 1998 to 2016 while recreational book prices fell by more than 35% in the same time period
jm1n TIL the Paris Agreement “provides no consequences if countries do not meet their commitments” and “there will be only a ‘name and shame’ system”
r6Re TIL that the owner of In-N-Out, Lynsi Synder, is the only surviving descendant of the founders of In N Out (her grandparents) and at age 31, she is worth $1.1 billion dollars
6EPrw TIL that London is plagued by wild parakeets, theorized to have descended from a pair released by Jimi Hendrix in the ‘60s