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TIL that one olive tree can produce around four liters of oil every year for hundreds of years.

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xD57 TIL H. Jon Benjamin (voice of Archer and Bob from Bob’s Burgers) has an entire jazz album where he plays piano, despite not knowing how to actually play piano.
VJn8 TIL that Windows has a dedicated tool that allows you to create your own fonts
dDlO9 TIL memories are reconstructed, not replayed. Each time you recall something, your brain slightly alters the memory based on new experiences and perspectives.
KO4g9 TIL the United Kingdom hasn't really required people to pay for bail since 1898. This was to help reduce the number of people remanded in custody simply because they were poor. Nowadays, bail is automatically given unless said person has a risk of absconding or is a risk to the public.
vPpZB TIL from the 1940s-1970s, pinball was banned in some of the biggest cities in the US due to claims that it was a mafia-run gambling scheme that corrupted the youth. It wasn’t until 1976, when an expert demonstrated in court that pinball was a game of skill & not luck, that the ban in NYC was lifted.