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TIL Israel is the only country in the world to have a net gain of trees in the last 100 years

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mx5vv TIL in 1857 Utah, Mormon militia members ambushed a wagon train heading to California. They killed 120 people after offering safety from the siege, leaving only a few young children alive.
1eaX TIL Spielberg mentioned in Tom Cruise’s presence the name of a doctor friend who prescribed psychiatric medication. Shortly thereafter, the doctor’s office was picketed by Scientologists, causing friendship between Spielberg and Cruise to end.
VMkwB TIL that when confronted by a rattlesnake, a California ground squirrel will direct blood to it’s tail to heat it up, causing the rattlesnake to back down because it distinguishes prey by sensing infrared radiation.
woj77 TIL that the Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini's party ordered that pronouns referring to Him "had to be capitalized, like those referring to God".
9YgxB TIL about aibohphobia, the irrational fear of palindromes