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TIL There are twice as many trees in the UK today as there were a hundred years ago.

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pJrG TIL although the “ghost pepper,” rated at 1million Scoville heat units (SHUs) was the hottest pepper known to man, it was dethroned by the “Carolina Reaper,” rated up to 2.2million SHUs, in 2012.
WQ8A TIL Marilyn Monroe’s signature breathy voice was a strategy to conceal her stutter
EwgW TIL President Richard Nixon ordered a tactical nuclear strike on North Korea while drunk, but Kissinger told the Joint Chiefs to ignore the order until Nixon sobered up.
woEdM TIL about a war between the Holy Roman Empire and the Republic of Seven Netherlands where the only casualty was a soup kettle.
vPk4R TIL humans aren’t the only primate that goes fishing