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TIL about Hysterical Strength - situations, most often of extreme danger, when people who were not known for their strength display physical strength beyond their apparent ability

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xLB7 TIL that Native Americans use to manipulate young trees to offer direction to important battlefields, graves and other significant landmarks. After hundreds of years you can still find many of them today.
KRnJ TIL It is illegal to use native bird species for commercial purposes, and that is why in Hollywood movies birds are often “wrong” species.
gyk8 TIL that U.S. Route 491 had its name changed from Route 666 in 2003 after people petitioned the American Association of State Highway & Transport Officials as they believed altering the name might lift the curse that many thought had been placed on the road.
nepZP TIL trees can stimulate cloud production in order to cool down by producing substances known as monoterpenes
Zpj1Q TIL that in 1913, Hitler, Stalin, Freud, and Trotsky all lived within walking distance of each other in Vienna.