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TIL That the pit of death in ‘300’ actually exists.

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epOnD TIL that in Japan, condemned prisoners are only informed of their execution date one or two hours before it happens.
5VeJk TIL The small citrus fruit known as Kumquats were cultivated in China for more than a thousand years and introduced to Europe in the 19th century.
BgaW TIL that researchers once did an fMRI study showing that a dead salmon demonstrated brain activity when shown a series of photographs. It was done to point out methodological flaws in fMRI research.
yrEa TIL: A McDonald’s southwest salad has more calories than a Bacon McDouble cheeseburger
W7dJY TIL that coastal redwood trees can sequester 250 metric tons of carbon in their 2,500 year lifespan. The largest, the General Sherman tree, has sequestered 392 metric tons of carbon and is still growing.