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TIL that in 2016 Norway has officially become the first country in the world to ban deforestation and stop using products stemming from deforestation. Thus, any product which stems from deforestation will be banned in the Scandinavian state.

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rNYPe TIL wireless chargers make noise. When your phone is charging, an electromagnetic field is formed between the two, the coils inside the charger vibrate, creating electromagnetic waves. Those travel through objects and air to reach your ears within a certain distance.
BgdrL TIL of Nicholas Alahverdian, a criminal who after committing various crimes became an incel leader, claimed to be the victim of libel, disappeared for 4 years, faked lymphoma and then his death, then eventually moved to Scotland and faked being a professor. He was arrested in the hospital with covid
168yP TIL A Japanese realtor "kidnapped" high school girls just to teach them about real estate and prepare them for the licensing exam
KOK9J TIL about The tragedy of the commons- an economic problem in which every individual has an incentive to consume a resource at the expense of every other individual with no way to exclude anyone from consuming resulting in overconsumption and ultimately depletion of the resource.
awW0J TIL that Disney renamed the film Moana to Oceania in Italy to avoid confusion with the celebrated Porn Star Moana Pozzi