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TIL that the map of the world we use may not be the best representation of the world - the Peters Projection Map is area accurate

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JP6B TIL that although they are unable to produce chlorophyll Albino Redwood trees can survive, this is because the albino trees are able fuse their roots with the roots of other Redwood and live as parasites, there are only 61 known examples of this.
D1opr TIL: It's hard to find deodorants in Korea because most Koreans lack the gene that cause body oder.
8eXdb TIL couples in India are likely to spend one fifth of their total lifetime earnings on their wedding
Oo8RR TIL about Gerner's Mean World Syndrome- the more negative news/shows/etc people expose themselves to, the more dangerous they think they world is (becoming less and less accurate in their assessment)
16ALP TIL that, the original head writer for the first three seasons of Pokemon Takeshi Shudo, had originally intended the show to end with Ash Ketchum being revealed as an old man who had Imagined all of his Pokemon Adventures