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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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9wvAp TIL that Halle Berry accepted her Razzie award for Catwoman by bringing her Oscar onstage and doing a parody of her emotional academy award acceptance speech.
xVa07 TIL that the word “quarantine” comes from the 40-day period, or “quaranti giorni,” that ships were required to wait outside of the port Venice, Italy during the time of the Black Death (1346-53).
gwr4 TIL that the Soviets dumped 17,000 containers of nuclear waste, 14 nuclear reactors, and more in the Kara Sea. Including one submarine that may re-achieve criticality and explode.
80LK TIL there are exploding lakes. Lake Nyos in Cambodia exploded in 1986 after being saturated with carbon dioxide from the volcanic vent below it. The resulting CO2 cloud suffocated 1700 people.
69Exl TIL that in the United Kingdom 'Magic Mushrooms' were available to purchase in shops up until 2005