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

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VMbNB TIL former governor of Alabama George Wallace died the same day Gary Sinise won an Emmy for playing him in a movie (September 13, 1998)
5wK8 TIL that Valve never expected “the cake is a lie” joke to become as popular as it did. They expected a metal hoop that roles past the player during the ending cutscene named “Hoopy the Hoop” would become the most well known joke in Portal. Hoopy even reappears in Portal 2.
BrY0k TIL that there is a specific type of OCD called Hit And Run OCD, in which the sufferer has unavoidable intrusive thoughts that they have just hit someone with their car while they are driving.
Z8J5R Today I learned that chewing on peppercorns counteracts the over whelming feeling of getting too high. I accidentally ate a 425g edible thinking it was 150g. Peppercorns saved my ass.
90Gr TIL Judge Judy makes 45 million dollars per year, and only works 52 days.