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TIL: There is a search engine company that uses 80% of his revenue to plant trees. It is from Germany.

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plj4 TIL a Texas man was asked not to swim in a marina due to sightings of an alligator. He responded with “F#$k that alligator” before diving in the water. He was immediately killed by an alligator.
v17O8 TIL Many Romans, distrustful of the unreliable Italian post office, make weekly trips to the Vatican just to post their important letters.
vP5b4 TIL, in his suicide note, mass shooter Charles Whitman requested his body be autopsied because he felt something was wrong with him. The autopsy discovered that Whitman had a pecan-sized tumor pressing against his amygdala, a brain structure that regulates fear and aggression.
OnlR TIL that carrots aren’t actually good for your eyes… it’s just a myth that the British government fabricated during WWII. They wanted to keep their newly developed radar system secret from the Germans and had to find some way to explain how they were suddenly shooting down a lot more planes.
v1nlr TIL the first rap song Eminem ever heard was “Reckless” – a 1984 record which featured Ice-T - given to him by his late uncle Ronnie.