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

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EOgW TIL “Tanks” was the code name for what we now call Tanks. They were originally called “Landships” before they were rolled out for the first time in 1915, and the code name stuck.
1aPyW TIL that the Apollo 11 landing site was chosen purely for technical and safety reasons, which is why the famous footage takes place on a mostly featureless plain. Later Apollo missions landed in valleys, next to canyons, and at the foot of mountains.
jprN TIL Nearly one third of the American labor force works on the weekend
nWNNW TIL most cashiers in the US are not allowed to sit (as opposed to in the rest of the world)
YyZA TIL there is an island which is controlled by both France and Spain for alternating periods of six months