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TIL America was named the greatest threat to world peace, beating out all challengers by a wide margin, by a massive world opinion poll conducted by Win/Gallup in 2013

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v1d1L TIL that every single tree in Singapore is recorded and searchable on an interactive public map. Each tree has detailed information about its species, age, height, girth, and more.
gMyV4 TIL that Harmabe’s sperm was collected shortly after he died so that his genes could live on.
6JNm TIL all of the guest callers on Frasier were played by celebrities
VMENk TIL no symphony orchestra can ever make a profit on its own, even if it sold out tickets at every show. This is mainly because the show consists of 40-100 fully salaried members who only perform the same piece 2 or 3 times. Most orchestras rely heavily on donators to be profitable.
QDVe TIL Clancy Brown (Captain Hadley in the The Shawshank Redemption, The Kurgan in Highlander, and Brother Justin in Carnivàle) is the voice of Mr. Krabs in SpongeBob SquarePants.