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TIL Colorado was once home to giant redwood trees.

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epv45 TIL From ancient Greeks and Romans to other cultures there was the belief of a tribe of one legged men with a giant foot. They used this foot to shade themselves from the sun and could jump at great speed.
69AdW TIL someone patented a brass monkey arranged so that, when it got cold enough, its balls would freeze off
kYY5 TIL Brazil Prisons offer their prisoners to reduce their sentence for 4 days (up to 48 days/year) for every Book they read and write a report on.
QaKp TIL Viggo Mortensen often spent days hiking to LOTR’s remote locations in costume, in order to appear authentically travel-worn.
mxJoE TIL that several years ago a man wrestled a 7 foot bullshark after it bit off his nephew's arm. The shark was then dragged on to the shore where it was shot and the boy's uncle managed to retrieve his arm where it was later then successfully attached back on to the boy who had recovered.