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TIL that in 1973, a drunk driver struck and killed the world’s most isolated tree, in the middle of the Sahara desert

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MeyP7 TIL Sappers defuse over 5,000 World War II bombs in Germany every year
M7kGA TIL until approximately the late 1400's the word "girl" used to refer to a child of either sex.
Z9JD TIL that in the United States, Alaska is the state that is farthest north, east, and west (due to the fact that the Aleutian Islands cross the 180° meridian of longitude).
78D97 TIL While the details of the invention of French Fries is disputed, their name originates during WWI. Belgian soldiers, who would speak French, often offered fries to American soldiers, who then referred to them as “French.”
kOeE5 TIL of 'kangaroo words', that is, a word that contains a synonym inside it, i.e MAscuLinE, BLOssOM, cHickEN or hoNOuraBLE.