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TIL a village in India planted over 80,000 mangrove trees to get a world record and the trees later protected the village from a flood.

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6EoEW TIL The first streaming music service started in 1897. Users in New York could pick up their phones and connect to the Telharmonium, a central hub that would pipe music being played live by two musicians playing 24 hours a day.
OWbg TIL the Padmanabhaswamy Temple, which contains over $22 Billion in gold and jewels and is estimated to contain over $1 Trillion behind a mysterious sealed door
VBQmG TIL when Jack Benny died in 1974, his will arranged for a single long-stemmed red rose to be delivered to his widow, Mary Livingstone, every day for the rest of her life. She lived eight and a half more years, passing away in 1983.
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9BZp TIL an Asian woman has never won the oscar for best actress. In the entire history of the academy awards, only one has ever even been nominated, and it was over 80 years ago.