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TIL United States forests are growing rather than shrinking and have been since the 1940s

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dlMZ TIL rogue crime-lab scientist Annie Dookhan compromised as many as 40,000 cases with her mishandling of evidence and perjurious testimony; she received a 3-5 year jail sentence.
6l7l TIL Bob Jones University had a ban on interracial dating until 2000
R5lgl TIL: Amelia Dyer, the "Ogress of Reading", likely killed 200-400 children while running a "baby farm" in the 1800s.
NXOJ TIL that Clerks was originally rated NC-17 solely because of its graphic dialogue, until Alan Dershowitz (Harvard Law Professor and major civil rights advocate) convinced the MPAA to lower it to Rated-R
6Pl8 TIL That NASA is investigating technology that could lead to a warp drive.