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TIL that, in 1933 the Canadian government intentionally destroyed 15 tonnes of documentation regarding residential school victims

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kJ7G1 TIL that during the Cold War, the U.S. developed Project A119, a classified plan to detonate a nuclear bomb on the Moon. The project was eventually canceled.
gM988 TIL that South Korea planted over 350 million trees in a massive reforestation program starting at the end of World War Two.
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