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TIL that Jadav Payeng, who is known as Forest Man of India, created 550 hectares of forest singlehandedly.

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APpg TIL Iggy Azalea came up with her stage name using the porn star formula. Iggy being her dog’s name, and azalea being the street she grew up on.
VMXaB TIL the Vikings had their own version of rap battling called "flyting" which is "a ritual, poetic exchange of insults practised mainly between the 5th and 16th centuries"
P14kE TIL that 92% of all US currency has traces of cocaine on paper currency.
p7yb TIL There is a John Cleese voice option for TomTom, and when you must “bear to the right”, it is followed by “beaver to the left”
PoMJ TIL that airplane pilots would announce that Jonas Salk was on board and passengers would burst into applause. Hotels routinely would upgrade him into their penthouse suites.