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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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YpNax TIL of the film Wake in Fright. Once thought to be lost, an original unedited print was rediscovered by its editor after a fervent search in a shipping container labelled 'for destruction' one week before it was scheduled to be destroyed. The film today is considered a classic of Australian cinema.
neYDd TIL 90% of the world's star anise crop is used for making Tamiflu
yQPKe TIL that Elmo from Sesame Street is the only puppet or non-human to testify before Congress in 2002, advocating for increased funding for music programs.
jm6v TIL Katherine Hepburn only drank water throughout The African Queen production as a protest of Humphrey Bogart’s alcoholism. However, most of the cast and crew became sick from the water and only Bogart was unaffected because he only drank whiskey. Thank you r/movies
XEbQr TIL that squeezing someone's testicles forcefully can kill them