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TIL that deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon have plummeted 80% in the last decade

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5YBPp TIL that Deborah Sampson joined the US Army in 1782 serving as an Infantryman and being injured during her service.
N7lPE TIL that a permit was denied for the production crew of "The Sopranos" to film the episode "Pine Barrens" at South Mountain Reservation by Essex County, New Jersey Executive James Treffinger, due to the show depicting Italians as corrupt, Treffinger was later convicted and imprisoned for corruption
VMd44 TIL that Kim Jong-Il was said to be a huge film fan, owning a collection of more than 20,000 video tapes and DVDs. His reported favorite movie franchises included James Bond, Friday the 13th, Rambo, Godzilla and Hong Kong action cinema
J1NNv TIL about Ötzi the Iceman, a remarkably well-preserved natural mummy from around 3300 BCE found in the Alps. Discovered in 1991, Ötzi is from Copper Age and had tattoos carried a copper axe, last meal was deer and grains. And still has relatives in Europe!
loAO7 TIL following the Black Plague, a labor shortage led to peasant revolts as serfs realized they could demand higher wages and better working conditions.