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TIL the United Kingdom still has temperate rainforests.

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BgXkW TIL there's a North Korean international restaurant chain named "Pyongyang"
jMkn TIL that Tigers in China are bred in captivity, those in captivity far outnumber the amount of wild tigers, as tigresses are made to produce cubs at 3 times more than their natural rate by having cubs weaned of pigs or dogs. All this to make Tiger Bone wine
R5Drl TIL Jaguar Cars were known as SS Cars until 1945, after which they changed their name for obvious reasons
KYgBB TIL that performance artist Chris Burden shot a pistol at a 747 in 1973. In 1971 he had a friend shoot him in the arm with a .22 rifle.
4Xmbo TIL George Eastman founder of the Kodak and helped to bring the use of roll film into the mainstream, suffered from a degenerative disease in his final two years. Eastman died by suicide with a gunshot through the heart. His suicide note read, "To my friends, my work is done – Why wait? GE."