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TIL No existing species of tree can grow higher than 130 meters (427 feet) as it is physically impossible for the water to rise higher due to pressure.

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nWMDr TIL John von Neumann pioneered the basis of modern computers; game theory; mathematics of quantum mechanics; operator, ergodic and set theory; self-replicating cellular automata; climate and weather simulation sciences; and game-theoretic nuclear deterrence strategies during the Cold War
vPLr4 TIL about Pauly Shore’s Golden Raspberry (Razzie) legacy which includes: Worst New Star for Encino Man, Worst Actor for Bio-Dome, and Worst New Star of the Decade for the 1990s. He was even nominated for Worst Actor of the Century but lost to Sylvester Stallone.
dMb8 TIL that Al Queda’s strategy involved specifically using terrorism to provoke the West into long wars in numerous places that would lead to its financial collapse.
VBLPp TIL that birds have a unidirectional, four-stroke respiration system. They have posterior and anterior air sacs that fill the lungs and receive deoxygenated air during each part of the inhale/exhale cycle. This process is highly efficient as it keeps the lungs constantly full of oxygenated air
ANB0a TIL Christ Pike who in 1996 was the youngest women to ever be sentenced to death attempted to murder a fellow inmate in 2001 with a shoelace and in 2012 an escape plan was discovered that was plotted by a pen pal boyfriend of hers who had been driving from New jersey to Tennessee to visit her.