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TIL Bhutan is smoking-free, carbon-negative country that passes no law unless it improves citizens' well-being

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R54Q6 TIL The name of the Ghibli animation studio was chosen because of Miyazaki's interest in airplanes, this is the nickname of an Italian aircraft with the full name Caproni Ca.309. In addition, in Italian, it means hot wind in the desert.
eek4 TIL there is a fish that causes hallucinations when eaten and were used as a recreational drug by the Roman Empire.
neLJd TIL of Prince Frederick (1707-1751), the heir apparent to the British throne, who died at the age of 44. His cause of death was historically attributed to a burst lung abscess, caused by blunt force trauma to the chest delivered by a cricket ball.
MWem TIL that during the Great Depression women made clothes out of flour sacks and when manufacturers learned of this they started using patterned fabrics and designed the label to wash out.
GAyO4 TIL that out of the most common 75 fruits, the relatively healthiest fruit are raspberries, whilst the least healthy are persimmons.