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TIL about Harvey Balls, a type of visual shorthand for conveying qualitative information that is often used in rating systems

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7gbZ TIL that there is no economic gain to be made from deforesting the Amazon to grow crops, as more deforestation leads to less rainfall which leads to lower crop yield.
MbA8 TIL The Trailer Park Boys shattered the record set by Wolf of Wall Street for most f-bombs in a feature film. “They have 506 in a 3 hour movie. We have 935 in an hour and a half.”
wvyP TIL that Las Vegas’ new NHL team will use an arena funded by 0 taxpayer dollars. Meanwhile, the NFL’s Raiders are asking for $750 million upfront in public money to fund the construction of a new stadium in order to relocate to LV.
wLmW7 TIL that many of the props used in Mel Brooks' 1974 film "Young Frankenstein" were originally used in the 1931 Frankenstein film.
5Yg48 TIL in 1968 a Syrian Air Force MiG accidentally landed in Israel. The pilot had been navigating with a map published in the 1940s.