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TIL about Garoé, a tree of unknown species, revered by the ancient Bimbache Indians on the island of El Hierro in the Canary Islands, which was said to have the power to generate rain and provide water like a fountain. was the only way these people could get water.

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xV9nD TIL Author Robert Howard created Conan the Barbarian and invented the entire 'sword and sorcery' genre. He took care of his sickly mother his entire adult life, never married and barely dated. The day his mother finally died, he he walked out to his car, grabbed a gun, and shot himself in the head.
45Ob TIL in 1987 a West German 19yo teenager flew through Soviet air defences to land a Cessna plane in Red Square.
Oo7l6 TIL: That a worm can travel up to 73 meters per hour
G7xG TIL that Slayer released their album “God Hates Us All” on September 11th, 2001. King’s inspiration wasn’t “anti-christian”, but rather the idea that “One day you’re living your life, and then you’re hit by a car or your dog dies, so you feel like, ‘God really hates me today’.”
JY1k1 TIL the 'Red Ring of Death' cost Microsoft $1.15 billion to provide repairs for Xbox 360 owners, to which the Microsoft CEO said, "Do it."