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TIL that M&M stands for Mars and Murrie’s

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5VeOp TIL that the [former] most remote tree in the world (the only structure in 250 miles), was hit and killed by a drunk driver in 1973. Now, the world's [newest] loneliest tree lives on Campbell Island, NZ, where it has lived in isolation for over 100 years.
GY5PJ TIL that the population of all the western Canadian provinces and all the territories combined are still less in total than Ontario alone.
Z88KD TIL of A dovecote or dovecot /ˈdʌvkɒt/ (Scots: doocot) a structure intended to house pigeons or doves. They generally contain pigeonholes for the birds to nest. Pigeons and doves were an important food source historically in Western Europe and were kept for their eggs, flesh, and dung.
aw90 TIL: Even though Star Wars has an incredibly complex and deep universe, Yoda’s species was never named.