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TIL Colorado was once home to giant redwood trees.

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WGlX TIL the last princess of Korea died in 1989, after 37 years spent in Japan, returning to Korea in tears, and resided in Changdeok Palace until her death, the last royal resident to reside there. Her parents would’ve been the last Emperor and Empress of Korea had it not been annexed to Japan in 1910.
ADZBn TIL that in 2010 a couple purchased the town of 'Wauconda', in Washington, for just $360,000. It came with a café, a gas station, a post office, a four-bedroom house and their own zip code.
XBQj TIL if an artist donates a work of their own, they are only allowed to claim tax deductions on the cost of the materials rather than the fair market value of that work.
b6vJZ TIL Men who were killed by hanging would frequently get erections and sometimes even ejaculate. The phenomenon is referred to as death erection or angel lust
R4Ew TIL there is a species of deep sea fish that can swallow prey over twice its length and 10 times its mass whole. It sometimes swallows fish so large it can not digest them before they decompose, causing it to float to the surface. Its name is Black swallower.