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TIL there are 420 trees for every person on earth

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m1r5y TIL Stephen Hawking left behind £16.3 Million (around $20 Million) in his last will and testament, and £10 Thousand to his long-time personal assistant. Hawkings Archive and his personal office contents passed into public ownership using methods that saved his estate £4.2 Million of inheritance tax
M7bmV TIL that Jonah Hill officiated Adam Levine's (Maroon 5) wedding
yQO5e TIL that Ronnie Van Zant, former Lead singer of Lynryd Skynyrd, told his father "Daddy, I'll never be 30 years old," before dying in a plane crash four months before his 30th birthday.
Me0p7 TIL a contronym is a word that has contradictory meanings. Examples include - Bolt: to secure, or to flee. Bound: restrained, or heading somewhere. Go: to proceed, or to weaken or fail. Consult: to offer advice, or to obtain it.
DQ70v TIL I learned that the physicist Richard Feynman once spend an evening breaking spaghettis apart to study their breaking patterns.