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TIL that, to determine once and for all whether waterboarding is torture, Christopher Hitchens had himself waterboarded. His conclusion? Yes. It’s torture.

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8adA4 TIL that Mariachi music is Mexican Polka.
awjZ0 TIL A couple in Brazil planted 2 million trees over 20 years in order to bring back a rainforest that was destroyed due to deforestation. Now the area has status as a Private Natural Heritage Reserve and is home to 172 types of birds, 33 varieties of mammals, and 15 kinds of reptiles and amphibians.
b4EE TIL: On Johnny Carson’s final show, Comedy Central went dark, leaving a video gone-fishing sign saying the people are out “watching Johnny Carson’s last show and so should you.”
YXjd TIL that forks were used in China before the invention of chopsticks
dDA7d TIL the former CEO of Heineken was kidnapped and held for ransom by a Dutch organised crime group.