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TIL most rainforest soils are extremely poor in minerals and nutrients and the key to the luxuriant vegetation of these forests lies in the rapid nutrient cycling.

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LyWv TIL: When the Ocarina of Time was remade for the 3DS, Nintendo purposefully did not fix many of the original game’s bugs, to give players as close an experience to the N64 version as possible.
D1rjr TIL about The Tragically Hip, "the most Canadian band in the world". They have sold more albums in Canada than global bands like U2, and have had nine albums in the #1 spot on Canadian charts, but are virtually unknown outside of Canada.
xoaD TIL When the British burned down the White House in the War of 1812, first they ate the meal that was set out for the President
AD7w4 TIL that only one girls’ name in America has never gone out of the top 100 most popular: Elizabeth. According to the SSA, the name ranked a high of #3 in 1887, a low of #26 in 1945, and was #13 in 2018.
lowdA TIL The Phillipines was a colony of the USA during WWII and was attacked by Japanese forces after Pearl Harbor in the same day