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TIL the Baobab tree is hollow and provides life for animals and humans in parched lands

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XEKrj TIL ''The Wizard of Oz'' and ''Gone with the Wind'' were directed by the same person in the same year
O4Aa TIL that in the Russian Version of Winnie the Pooh, Pooh is a pseudo intellectual poet and Piglet has a gun.
BroJd TIL in 1857, a woman named Hannah Crafts escaped her owner by dressing up as a man and pretending to be white. She later wrote a book called The Bondwoman's Narrative, but didn't publish it. It was found years later in a New Jersey attic and was finally authenticated and published in 2002.
mxQgR TIL about 18th century thai king Suriyenthrathibodi , who was nicknamed the tiger king for his appalling private life and his acts of cruelty.
neZQ7 TIL the National Park Service has officially advised against sacrificing slower friends in a bear attack, ‘even if the friendship has run its course’