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TIL that in 2014, The Philippines broke a world record by planting 3 million trees in an hour.

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EjGX TIL that Big Hero 6 was so complex, it had to be rendered on a 55,000-core super computer.
Eyxo TIL scientists in Antarctica have set up a rugby pitch to play on when they want to relax. They have set up teams of American and New Zealand researchers to compete each year for the Ross Island Cup, which New Zealand have won 26 years in a row.
oJYA TIL that CDC has an actual “Zombie Plan” in place. It was started as a joke campaign, but actually evolved into real training and countermeasures because “if you’re well equipped to deal with a zombie apocalypse you will be prepared for a hurricane, pandemic, earthquake, or terrorist attack.”
GAKp7 TIL of John Allen Chau , a 26 year old Christian missionary from Alabama. Chau was killed while trying to convert people of an uncontacted tribe on an island in the north Indian Ocean.
XWVX TIL that Dick Smothers of the Smothers Brothers, has a son named Dick Smothers Jr, who is a male porn star. He goes by his legal name.