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TIL Japanese physical symbols Mt Fuji is not owned by the Japanese government, but is private land.

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VBkdp TIL that Leonard Nimoy refused to join Star Trek the Animated Series without George Takai and Nichelle Nichols claiming they were proof of ethic diversity in the 23rd century.
5YKlD TIL Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo was named after Ronald Reagan.
X5GP TIL before realizing his true potential in comedy, Will Ferrell worked as a teller at Wells Fargo; apparently he lost close to $600 in his first two days on the job
9YXV6 TIL Bhutan is the worlds only carbon negative country, every year it removes more carbon from the atmosphere than it produces. It achieved this by powering itself from hydroelectricity, banning log exporting, and amending it’s constitution to legally protect its forested area from dropping below 60%
awel0 TIL that Milton Friedman served as an advisor to Chilean Dictator Augusto Pinochet did not criticize Pinochet's dictatorship at the time, nor the assassinations, illegal imprisonments, torture, or other atrocities that were well known by then.