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Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #524: The Tree of Ténéré.
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The Tree of Ténéré was the loneliest, most isolated tree in the world. It was an acacia tree growing in an empty expanse of the Sahara desert, located 400 km away from the next nearest tree, and served as a navigational landmark for old caravan routes.
It was clearly marked even on large maps in the 1930s. It lived for 300 years until it was knocked down by a drunk truck driver in 1973.

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Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #516: Uranus sunsets.
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Uranus doesn't have typical sunsets or sunrises. Rather, the sun traces a spiral path in the sky for half a Uranian year (42 Earth years), followed by darkness for the other half. This is because Uranus rolls along on its side, while the other (normal) planets spin like tops on a table as they go around the Sun.

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Useless Facts, Badly Drawn # 529: Doritos.
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Doritos chips use a dye called tartrazine or Yellow 5. Researchers have found that it can also temporarily make mouse skin transparent, allowing scientists to clearly see blood vessels and internal organs through the skin.

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Useless Facts, Badly Drawn # 532: "Take the Money and Run."
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"Take the Money and Run" is a painting consisting of just a blank canvas. In 2021, The Kunsten Museum hired Jens Haaning for art depicting workers' annual wages, and gave him 532,549 Danish kr in real cash bills to incorporate into the piece (aside from his fee). But he turned in an empty canvas. When the museum demanded the cash back, ne replled: "This is only a piece of art if I don't return the money." The museum displayed it, but also sued him, ultimately settling out of court.

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Useless Facts, Badly Drawn No. 533: Hyperion.
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Hyperion, one of Saturn's moons, can zap satellites with electric shocks from a thousand miles away. Its orbit causes it to build up a static charge, and it zapped the Cassini probe with about 200 volts as it passed by in 2005.

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