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TIL National Geographic started delivering its magazines in a paper rather than plastic wrapper, saving more than 2.5 million single-use plastic bags every month. They also challenged all their international partners to get rid of plastic wrappers by end of 2019

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XOpP TIL that the title for the Longest Recorded Sniper kill shot at 2,815 m is held by an Australian Special Forces Sniper in Afghanistan. Unlike the others in the top 10, the Australian was remained unnamed as he was fighting with a secret identity.
E19BW TIL of the Cavalese cable car disaster, where a showboating US Marine Corps pilot sliced a cable car wire in Italy, killing 20. Despite proof of breaking regulations, the pilot and the navigator were acquitted, but later found guilty of destroying evidence.
yQR1X TIL Guinea was the only former colony that refused a partnership with Communauté, the French equivalent of the British Commonwealth. Guinea severed all ties with France, proclaimed its independence, and tried unsuccessfully to abolish French as official language of instruction for local dialects
6Ee5w TIL that trees talk to each other, except cedar trees, they're antisocial.
kJnl1 TIL Tim Horton's employee were arrested for selling drugs in 2000 after a store manager noticed some drive-thru customers were ordering 15-packs of doughnuts. It was a code since Tim Horton's doesn't sell 15 packs