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TIL you cannot chop down trees on your own property in Lake Forest, Chicago because of Mr. T.

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9wrwQ TIL That 2.8 billion years from now, all remaining Earth life will become extinct
P1lBe TIL that the fastest object ever built by humans is NASA's Parker Solar Probe. Built to observe the outer corona of the Sun, the probe set the speed record by traveling at 587,000 km/h (364,660 mph), fast enough to fly from New York to Tokyo in just over a minute.
n6eY TIL that for 600 years Western European countries started 2 wars per year, but since 1945 they have not started a single one.
N7gDe TIL Adélie penguins have been observed to engage in necrophilia, as young males often cannot tell the difference between compliant and dead females. This was first observed in 1912 but was deemed too shocking, and so was only rediscovered in 2012.
691NZ TIL The barreleye fish, also known as the spook fish, has a transparent head filled with fluid. This unique feature allows its barrel-shaped, tubular eyes, which are normally directed upwards to detect the silhouettes of available prey, to also rotate forward.