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TIL there are 420 trees for every person on earth

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wLJBE TIL - The Decameron is a frame story written in 1353 by Boccaccio, containing 100 erotic tales told by a group of seven young women and three young men sheltering in a secluded villa just outside Florence to escape the Black Death, which was afflicting the city.
e0gbn TIL that there is a plant called Phallus indusiastus. Its name literally means "Erect penis wearing a skirt" and the structure of the plant resembles precisely that.
YpMyP TIL American President Jimmy Carter issued complete pardons for draft avoiders and contentious objectors during the Vietnam War.
AN7Bd Today I learned that the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile, were second cousins. So they needed a papal dispensation for their marriage.
b9OKZ TIL that Norah Jones is the daughter of Ravi Shankar. The Indian sitar player that taught George Harrison.