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TIL only one year ago scientists discovered that there are 3 trillion trees on Earth, seven times more than it was previously assumed

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OGDbL TIL Rob Baur, a fan of The Simpsons, successfully grafted a "tomacco" plant in 2003
aa9Z TIL from 1181 to 1218, the Khmer Empire was ruled by a Buddhist king whose primary goal was to alleviate the suffering of his subjects. “He suffered from the illnesses of his subjects more than from his own; the pain that affected men’s bodies was for him a spiritual pain, and thus more piercing.”
Rb96 TIL that women in Saudi Arabia are allowed to pilot airplanes but are not allowed to drive cars.
p8aQb TIL that botanists in Kew Gardens (UK) bought a £1.29 bag of supermarket porcini mushrooms sourced from China and found three species of mushroom previously unknown to science.
ZJQD TIL The United States Coast Guard occasionally received telegrams from concerned citizens, who apparently did not realize Gilligan’s island was a scripted show, pleading for them to rescue the people on the deserted island.