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TIL tourism in Albuquerque has boomed from selling Breaking Bad candy and bath salts that resemble blue crystal meth

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N7l46 TIL the state of Alaska has over 3 million natural lakes.
kQ8W TIL in July 2013, Thailand began planting millions of trees by dropping “seed bombs.” The five-year pilot project utilizes aerial reforestation to boost forest regeneration by 2017.
DrZY TIL Voyager 1, the only man made object to leave the solar system, is carrying, amongst other records, a song called “Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground”. This song is available to extraterrestrials, should they ever find it, but not available in India, Canada, or the UK on copyright grounds.
4XB9X TIL that it's impossible to die of skin suffocation. The filmmakers of the James Bond films believed it was a real risk. For Goldfinger, which features a scene of someone dying of skin suffocation due to being painted gold, they had a physician present and cleaned the person as quickly as possible.
96vX TIL that about 4 million cats are eaten in Asia every year.