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TIL the upper survival time limit of properly stored seeds remains unknown. The oldest viable seed that has grown into a full plant was an about 2,000 years old Judean date palm seed

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1678 TIL that the Nazi eugenics programme was heavily influenced by the American one, and that prominent American scientists praised it.
v1jl4 TIL Quebec banned ads for toys and fast food aimed at children under 13, resulting in lowered childhood obesity rates.
LBxm TIL In the original print of The Hobbit, Gollum offered Bilbo the One Ring as a reward to winning the riddle game. J.R.R. Tolkien revised the scene in later editions of The Hobbit to fit the concept of the ruling ring while writing Lord Of The Rings.
R5MGQ TIL that satellites in geosynchronous orbit generally retain a spacing of at least 73 km's from one another.
Y71DZ TIL of the 1924 Babbs fire, in which young Mary Eden’s body was never found. In 1957, a woman came forward, claiming to be the long-lost child. A local editor knew the story was a hoax, but withheld it until 1999 at the request of the father, who believed his wife could not endure losing Mary again.