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TIL that over half of all forested land on Earth is located in just five countries: Russia, Canada, the US, China, and Brazil.

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1aOEW TIL in nautical terms, the chain that attaches to the corner of a sail is known as a "sheet". The expression "three sheets to the wind", which implies that someone is inebriated, refers to those chains being loose, allowing the sail to wave around wildly in the wind like a drunk.
yVNlJ TIL Rhapsody Rabbit--directed by Friz Freleng and featuring Bugs Bunny--was the first cartoon to be broadcast on Cartoon Network when the channel launched on October 1, 1992 and features Bugs shooting a concertgoer for coughing
ZAL4 TIL that as horrible as the infamous D-Day was, there were 126 equivalent D-Days in the Pacific theater
p4pN TIL that royalty use ‘We’ to refer to themselves as a way of showing that they speak on behalf of themselves and the nation. In past times this was also used to indicate that they spoke on behalf of God.
YMRv TIL during childbirth scenes in movies and sitcoms, infant actors are smeared with a mixture of cream cheese and red jam for an authentic “just born” look.