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TIL that for every child born or adopted in Wales since April 2014, the government have donated a fruit tree to Ugandan families.

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9Wam TIL that after his daughter’s killer went on the run, a 76-year-old hired 2 men to find, kidnap and turn him over to the authorities. The dad then received a one-year suspended sentence for kidnapping.
Wkj0A TIL The Alnwick Poison Garden is the worlds most deadliest garden; home to 100 of the most poisonous plants.
v1KgD TIL that only 3 bowlers have picked up the 7-10 split on television and that despite many shows and movies showing it being picked up by directly sliding one pin into another, this is, in fact, impossible.
1aQRD TIL Botum Sakor is the largest national park of Cambodia. Only very little on-location research has been done and published on the biodiversity of the area so far and no scientific investigation has ever been carried out for the remote interior of the park. The human population is unknown
VBOBm TIL: According to information from the California-based Wine Institute, tiny Vatican City consumes more wine per capita than any other country.