TIL that 21 out of the last 31 U.S. elections, the tallest person was elected President.

TIL Teller of Penn & Teller, known for being completely silent on stage, was once a high school language teacher.

TIL once commonly known as “the redwood of the east,” American Chestnut trees are almost entirely extinct in the wild as of the 1940s with the exception of small, scattered populations