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TIL hemp produces four times more paper than trees.

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kZ4B TIL that in 1961 Belgians, with CIA involvement, ordered the murder of a democratically elected Prime Minister of Congo who just wanted for the Congolese to regain the natural resources still being under foreign control since the colonial times
KAQJ TIL Science fiction author Orson Scott Card called Serenity “the best science fiction film ever”, further stating “If Ender’s Game can’t be this kind of movie, and this good a movie, then I want it never to be made. I’d rather just watch Serenity again.”
rRJRM TIL it takes about 37 gallons of water to make a single roll of toilet paper, and the average person uses 384 trees worth of toilet paper in their lifetime.
xV78o TIL that the Momo Challenge, in which it was reported in 2018 and 2019 that children were being enticed to perform dangerous tasks including suicide, was a hoax and media reports about deaths linked to the challenge were "far fetched and devoid of any evidence".
wok6 TIL Mt. Everest has 3G coverage