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TIL 70% of Brunei is covered in pristine rainforest and the government reassured environmental groups that it is not open to proposals for large-scale facilities that might disturb the jungle environment

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Wk4O9 TIL there's a Japenese diver who tends an underwater Shinto shrine and has been greeted by the same fish for the past 25 years
9Yder TIL the 2004 film "50 First Dates" was supposed to be set in Seattle, but Adam Sandler himself switched the story to Hawaii. "You don't see many movies [set] there....And it is such a spectacularly beautiful place for a romantic comedy."
xVgVk TIL that Soap Operas got their name from radio dramas which were sponsored by soap manufacturers.
PV5G TIL 1 in 10 Icelanders publish a book in their lifetime
4Xgw TIL that with inflation, the original Star Wars made the equivalent of $1,428,519,200 today