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TIL Justin Timberlake had a company figure out his concerts’ carbon footprints and paid to have trees and bushes planted in those cities to offset carbon impact during nationwide tour [PDF]

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XE5gR TIL about Margaret Hamilton, who not only wrote the code that made the moon landing possible, but also invented the term "software engineer."
K0y9 TIL that in 1769, a single lightning stroke struck the city of Brescia, Italy hitting a gunpowder storage. The resulting explosion killed 3,000 people and destroyed a sixth of the city.
aRV0 TIL that the word “idiot” originally referred to an Athenian citizen who didn’t participate in their city-state’s democracy and vote
d87Rd TIL that the city of Tromsø in Norway, which lies within the Arctic Circle and is famous for being a destination to view the Aurora Borealis, has an extremely mild climate for its latitude. This is due to the Gulf Stream (originating in the gulf of Mexico, thousands of miles away) warming it.
woYKE TIL That 68% of world's population (especially Asia & Africa) is lactose intolerant, which makes them incapable of digesting milk and its products