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TIL The average child in the US watches over 40,000 TV commercials a year

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e0XA5 TIL Bulgaria ended up at war with everyone in 1944 by accident. Bulgaria declared war on Germany due to Soviet pressure, not knowing that the Soviets, tired of waiting, declared war on Bulgaria the same day. By the next day Bulgaria was at war with the USSR, US, UK and Germany all at the same time.
nem1Y TIL the only carbon negative country in the world is Bhutan. It sinks four million tonnes of CO2 per year.
Qak9 TIL that Gary James Paulsen (“Hatchet” author) watched his mother beat a molester to death, hunted for sustenance while a teen, was molested by his parents servant, ran away and joined a carnival at 14, witnessed a plane crash/passengers get attacked by sharks, and completed the 1,150 mile Iditarod
6r7J TIL the people of Sweden love Donald Duck so much, they had to make voting for him illegal.
L8d9 TIL Whales have accents and regional dialects