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TIL that the Kingdom of Bhutan plans to get rid of all chemicals, in its agricultur, becoming the first 100% organic nation within the next generation!

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W7OYA TIL in 2007 a mistake resulted in a stripper visiting a student during class, whipping him in front of other students and leading him around on all fours before undressing to the sound of Brittany Spears
KOnvw TIL That L. Ron Hubbard had a book nominated for the 1987 Hugo award. He finished sixth out of five books getting less votes than "No award"
4XL6J TIL Fleetwood Mac's 'Rhiannon' (about a Welsh witch) and 'Angel' were based on the Mabinogion. They were the earliest prose stories in Britain (12th - 13th centuries) and were written in Welsh.
DbNV TIL the Bamiyan Buddha statues taken down by the Taliban in 2001 have been recreated using holographic 3D Laser Light Projection
Lk5Yr TIL that Scientists Hope to Clone a 40,000-Year-Old Extinct Horse. The baby horse was discovered in permafrost in eastern Siberia. The animal's tissue was preserved enough for scientists to obtain samples. There is no damage to the horse's carcass and even its hair is intact.