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TIL in 1975, Alaska legalized recreational Marijuana use, and it’s still legal today

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jXjQ TIL:of Pando a grove of 47,000 or so trees that is genetically identical and all the trees share a single root system.
Bg60D TIL Tu Youyou won Nobel Prize in Medicine by discovering a cure for Malaria in ancient Chinese Daoist Medical texts
LkMgV TIL while crossing the street, Ben Carpenter's wheelchair was hit by the front of a semi, getting the handles lodged into its grill, then proceeding to take the man on a wild 50 mph highway ride.
WBKA TIL The Mona Lisa has no clear visible eyelashes or eyebrows. In 2007, a French engineer used high resolution scans to show that the painting was originally painted with clearly visible eyelashes or eyebrows and they gradually disappeared over time, possible due to overcleaning
raWw TIL Even though Australia’s signed all 5 treaties that make up the the International Bill of Human Rights, none of these treaties are legally binding in Australia. They are the only Western democratic country without a constitutional bill of rights to protect the rights and freedoms of its citizens.