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TIL Donated Bibles were sent to Romania and subsequently pulped into TP because there was a toilet paper shortage.

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ZppJv TIL about CityTree, a moss covered wall that is capable of binding environmental toxins while producing oxygen at the same time. It has the same purifying effect as 250 trees.
aw8A0 TIL that as of October 2017, John Tyler the 10th president of the U.S. who was born in 1790, has two living grandchildren
gRy7 TIL That when Napoleon was asked whether he wanted to be God, He thought it over and replied, ‘No, it’s a dead-end job.’
bb89 TIL Within days of the announcement that Route 666 was to renamed Route 491, “Virtually every US 666 sign had been stolen, some for sale on eBay.”
Lwr9 TIL Tom Hanks turned down the role of Andy Dufresne in The Shawshank Redemption because he chose to star in Forrest Gump instead