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TIL forrest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s, and that today we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.

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epNLD TIL that there's a lake in Australia, which was named 'Lake Disappointment' by the explorer Frank Hann, because he was expecting to find a large fresh water lake. In November 2020, Kumpupintil Lake was formally approved by the Western Australian Government agency Landgate as the official name.
R7QX6 TIL that it was a common belief amongst anesthesiologists that readheads are harder to sedate. Now there are studies to show that they do indeed often require around 20% more anesthesia to sedate and have a higher tolerance to pain.
yQdRe TIL for over a decade, NASA used 11 deaf people with damaged vestibular systems (making them immune to motion sickness) to explore how extreme forces might affect astronauts. One test had four men spend 12 straight days in a 20-foot-wide room rotating at 10 revolutions per minute.
W7N58 TIL South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone's first job in Hollywood was directing a short film for Universal Studios staring Steven Spielberg, Sylvester Stallone, Demi Moore and Michael J. Fox.
8amGK TIL that in Alaska, it is illegal to be drunk in a bar. Per state laws, a person who is already drunk may not “knowingly” enter a bar to drink more, or remain in the bar that got them drunk in the first place.