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TIL there are more trees in the US today, than 100 years ago
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TIL several women have suffered miscarriages at work due to the harsh conditions in warehouses owned by XPO, the company that ships for Verizon, Nike, and Disney, among others.
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TIL that between 1968 and 2000, directors would use the pseudonym Alan Smithee to discredit themselves on projects they were dissatisfied with
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TIL of the nocturnal eastern quoll, a cat-sized marsupial once extinct in Australia then re-introduced from Tasmania. Quolls are related to Tasmanian devils; both are carnivorous marsupials, and quolls have been known to snatch food from Tasmanian devils.
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TIL Internet Group Suicide was common in Japan in the early 2000's - the phenomenon of committing suicide with a group of random people who met on online forums
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TIL about comparative mythology. Anthropologist reconstruct ancient religions based on trends in their cultural descendents. Zeus and Jupiter (and many others) likely evolved from the Indo-European "*Dyḗws Ph₂tḗr" ("sky father")