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TIL the Amazon rainforest was the result and product of centuries of indigenous soil management rather than naturally formed as previously supposed.

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R7Yk1 TIL A study found that there is a robust relationship between the breadth of foreign travel experiences and generalized trust.
VBdBZ TIL that Neutrinos are particles that pass through the Universe without interacting with matter. So Japan is building a 70 meter high tank inside a Mountain, with 40,000 Photosensors to observe the very weak Cherenkov Radiation when the Neutrinos occasionally collide with the Electrons in the water.
jNgWQ TIL that in 2016, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled that records which document Israel's arms sales to Rwanda during the 1994 genocide will remain sealed and concealed from the public.
neRJr TIL that in Portugal they have traffic lights that turn red if you are speeding
neGKY TIL of Ronald Maddison, a British soldier who died after taking part in a voluntary nerve agent experiment to pay for an engagement ring for his fiance