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TIL Finland has ten trees for every person in the world

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1adeX TIL the inventor of the "pop up" later apologized for his invention after seeing how his creation had been used for pop-up advertising
P1Y1n TIL in 1950 the Boyscouts of America ran a 40th anniversary campaign called "Strengthen the Arm of Liberty" where they sent ~200 copper replicas of the Statue of Liberty around the US. Despite being over 8' tall and weighing 260lb, many have been lost and now only ~100 can be accounted for.
KoQQ TIL Walt Disney’s mood swings were so unpredictable that employees were advised to call the security guard to see how he was feeling whenever he arrived at the studio. If he was in a particularly bad mood, Walt was said to be wearing his ‘bear suit’.
7rkEM TIL that the massive velocity of the Paris Gun used in 1918 meant that each shell fired had a larger diameter than the previous or the gun would blow up. The shells were numerically ordered by size from the factory to make sure you fired the right one.
OogD4 TIL that Dan Castellaneta, the voice of Homer Simpson, guest-starred in a 1992 episode of L.A. Law as a fired theme park employee who wore a Homer Simpson costume.