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TIL there is a political party in the Israeli parliament dedicated to environmentalism, the rights of Palestinians, dismantling settlements, social democracy, and the rights of minorities.

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4Zpa TIL there are 420 trees for every person on earth
XEYxQ TIL during a visit to India, then PM of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif mentioned Raveena Tandon was his favorite actress. During the 1999 Kargil War, Indian soldiers wrote "From Raveena Tandon to Nawaz Shareef" on a bomb before dropping it over a Pakistani location.
8a7ea TIL three poachers broke into a reserve to hunt for rhinos and ended up being eaten by a pack of lions.
DZoY TIL that caribou is simply the North American name for reindeer.
kO6ee TIL that doublet and triplet phrases in English (null and void, terms and conditions, will and testament) originate in legal writing, where words from two different languages would be used together to ensure that the writing is unambiguous