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TIL that there's no such thing as a "tree" (phylogenetically)

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ydKl TIL, that Charles Darwin was laid to rest in Westminster abbey. The highest honor the church could offer.
Ooga7 TIL “Jaywalking” was invented by car companies in the early 1900’s to shift blame for accidents from motorists to pedestrians
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