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TIL that counterfit money printed by the british during the revolutionary war can be detected by its higher quality print than the legitimate bills

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1aOrP TIL Finland has planted 150 million trees per year for decades. For a small nation of 5½ million people that means 27 trees per person. If the entire European Union were to do the same, there would be nearly 14 billion trees planted every year in the EU.
l7GJG TIL that one theory suggests that human hair loss, particularly on the face and genitals, is linked to enhanced emotional communication. By shedding fur, humans could more effectively express and perceive nonverbal cues through facial color changes.
QNkdd TIL René Auberjonois, who played Odo in Deep Space Nine, is the great-great-great-grand nephew of Napoleon
5N7p TIL that Patrick Stewart’s son, Daniel, plays Picard’s son in The Inner Light, in his alternative life on Kataan.
xVwQB TIL that you shouldn’t mix kiwi with dairy products (milk and yoghurt) because actinidain in kiwi breaks down milk proteins making it taste bitter (see no. 6)