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TIL that nearly all citrus fruits are hybrids of four original species

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W7dJY TIL that coastal redwood trees can sequester 250 metric tons of carbon in their 2,500 year lifespan. The largest, the General Sherman tree, has sequestered 392 metric tons of carbon and is still growing.
yQdpp TIL that on October 6, 1909, Vancouver revealed its first Auto Ambulance and was taken on a test drive, when it ran over and almost instantly killed a wealthy man from Austin, Texas. Ironically, this man was the first person the ambulance picked up.
YpvVr TIL until 1978 more Americans listened to AM than FM radio broadcasts.
GE05 TIL the term “mosh” (as in “most pit”) originated with singer H.R. of Bad Brains. He would frequently incite the audience to “mash” into each other, and his thick Jamaican accent rendered the word as “mosh”.
GADDg Today I learned Francis Pegahmagabow was a canadian sniper during ww1 with 378 confirmed kills making him the deadliest sniper of the first world war.