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TIL the Amazon has an estimated 400 Billion Trees!

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9w7WM TIL the Madison Square Garden company uses facial recognition to keep out enemy lawyers
XloD TIL that Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball avoided using ethnic jokes, as well as humour based on physical handicaps or mental disabilities during the run of “I Love Lucy” due to a belief in “basic good taste”
e0n8b TIL A movie exists wherein Denise Richards falls in love with Paul Walker, only to have a gang of bullies feed him to a lion, at which point a mad scientist puts his brain in a robotic T-Rex.
5Yob8 TIL that David Attenborough is the only person to have received BAFTAs for programs in five different video formats: black and white, colour, HD, 3D and 4K.
n5jb TIL In 1965 an engine exploded on a 707 taking 1/3rd of the wing with it but was able to land safely. When another 707 was sent to pick up all the passengers its nose gear collapsed on landing. A 3rd 707 was then sent to pick up any remaining passengers who still trusted planes at this point.